Documentary
An inspiring documentary film that details the life mission of Col. Ilan Ramon, the first and only Astronaut from Israel, who blasted off on the Shuttle Columbia. He carries with him a cherished artifact, a miniature Torah scroll, that had survived the Holocaust. From the "Depths of hell to the heights of space," his simple gesture would serve to honor the hope of a nation and to fulfill a promise made to generations past and future.
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Outlier: the story of Katherine Johnson
Operation "Wedding"
Space Station 3D
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Artemis I: Going Back to the Moon
Roving Mars
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
The Flight of Apollo 7
Close-Up on Planets
Blue Planet
Destiny in Space
Mission to Mir
In the Shadow of the Moon
The Farthest
The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam
Shalom Italia
Secrets of the Sun
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Besa: The Promise
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2012
A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.Chez Schwartz
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2007
Chez Schwartz takes us inside a year in the life of Schwartz's Deli - the unique 75-year-old landmark on Montreal's historic Main. Filmed through changing seasons, from the quiet of early morning preparation to the frenetic bustle of packed lunch times and never ending line-ups, to the more relaxed ambiance late at night - Chez Schwartz is an evocative, cinematic portrait of a small spunky deli known worldwide equally for its atmosphere and smoked meat.Half the Town
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2015
What connects a photograph, the Second World War and a young couple? Set in the town of Kozienice, which was divided between the Polish and the Germans, the film follows Jewish photographer, Chaim Berman, through his family history, political persecution and work.Outlier: the story of Katherine Johnson
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
Documentary about an African-American girl who grows up to help NASA put astronauts into space and bring them home safely. She was one of the main characters in the movie, "Hidden Figures." Includes interview with Johnson.Operation "Wedding"
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2017
Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plot to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. Caught by the KGB a few steps from boarding, they were sentenced to years in the gulag and two were sentenced to death; they never got on a plane. 45 years later, filmmaker Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov reveals the compelling story of her parents, leaders of the group, "heroes" in the West but "terrorists" in Russia, even today.Space Station 3D
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 2002
Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this extraordinary structure in this spectacular IMAX film. Viewers will blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia for this incredible journey -- IMAX's first-ever space film. Tom Cruise narrates.Apollo: Missions to the Moon
IMDB 7.3 | Jul , 2019
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.Artemis I: Going Back to the Moon
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2023
Follow the extraordinary, inside story of NASA engineers as they race to build and launch the world's biggest rocket, Artemis I.Roving Mars
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2006
Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2017
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.The Flight of Apollo 7
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1968
Apollo 7 was designated to make the essential test of the Apollo spacecraft before the ambitious lunar-orbital mission could be attempted. All systems respond perfectly.Close-Up on Planets
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1982
Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.Blue Planet
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1990
From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our world, and how a powerful new force - humankind - has begun to alter the face of the planet. From Amazon rain forests to Serengeti grasslands, Blue Planet inspires a new appreciation of life on Earth, our only home.Destiny in Space
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1994
Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.Mission to Mir
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1997
This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russians were our "enemies". And to them the Americans were their "enemies" who couldn't be trusted. Somewhere in all this a young girl in Oklahoma named Shannon set her sights on becoming one of those space explorers, even though she was told "girls can't do that." But she did.In the Shadow of the Moon
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2007
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.The Farthest
IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 2018
The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2019
Director Miguel Kohan tries to connect the memories of his Gaucho-Jewish family with the fleeing of the Sephardim from the Iberian Península in 1492. Surinam, New York, Jamaica, and Brazil are some of the places where the untold story of those who escaped inquisition is visibilized.Shalom Italia
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2017
Shalom Italia tells the story of three brothers, who set off on a journey to find a cave in the woods of Tuscany. The place where they, as children, hid to escape the Nazis. But more than a search to find a geographical location, the brothers are on their way to locate the common ground of memory, the nexus where the conflicting versions of their stories can come to rest.Secrets of the Sun
IMDB 9 | Apr , 2012
It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. It convulses, it blazes, it sings. You know it as the sun. Scientists know it as one of the most amazing physics laboratories in the universe.