Woman in Motion (2019)

Biography, Documentary, History

Director: Todd Thompson

Writer(s): Benjamin Crump, Tim Franta, John McCall, Joe Millin, David Teek, Todd Thompson

Starring: Vivica A. Fox, Michael Dorn, Ashley Eckstein, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Lynn Whitfield, Walter Koenig, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jeremy Bulloch, Pharrell Williams, Reginald Hudlin, John Lewis, Al Sharpton, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Crump, Rod Roddenberry, Joel Harlow, Allison Schroeder, D.C. Fontana, Mae C. Jemison, Donna Gigliotti, Michael Eric Dyson, David Gerrold, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Martin Luther King III, Maxine Waters, Deborah Riley Draper, Diana Lovell, Richard Alonzo, Cooper Chapman, Story Musgrave, Rick Sternbach, Kerry O’Quinn, Ed Gordon, John Spencer, Charles F. Bolden Jr., Ken Phillips, Eileen Collins, Audrey Hudson, David Teek, Bob Sieck, Barry Ressler, Marian Roma, Charles Resnik, Alex Saranita, Ed Dwight Jr., Bill Nelson, Alcee L. Hastings, Kristina Rojdev, Winston Scott, Cappy Surette, Kerry Mark Joels, Harriett Jenkins, Kathie Scobee Fulgham, Johanna Morgan, Thad Altman, Natalie Pinder, Lori B. Garver, Margaret Weitekamp, Barbara L. Scott, Jaliyah Jasmine Kerston, Luca Capone, Kristen Ellenbogen, David Knight, Frederick D. Gregory, Susan Marenoff-Zausner, Jon McBride, Eric Deggans, Julian Oliver Thompson, Guion Bluford, Ethan Manolo Thompson, Sarah McNulty, Ivor Dawson

Synopsis: In 1977, with just four months left, NASA struggled to recruit scientists, engineers and astronauts for their new Space Shuttle Program. That is when Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, challenged NASA by asking the question: “Where are my people?”.

Release Date: October 19, 2019 (USA) | Length: 95 min | Genre: Biography, History | MPAA Rating: Unknown

Note: Premiered at the Orlando Film Festival in 2019. I need to see this documentary to better identify people.