Ascension
Definitively proving that all the "B" Science Fiction of the 1950s and 1960s do not hold a candle to the 'real thing,' Pavel Medvedev's surreal 45 minute documentary Ascension is certainly one to look for. Composed entirely out of archival footage, much of it from the Soviet science and space archives, delicately scored and building to an undeniable mood of surreal (perhaps even ominous) energy, it charts (and re-purposed) the progress of man into to the unknown area of space exploration with a flair for creating art out film that was shot by scientists and engineers as a mundane record.
Director
Recommended
The Captains
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Chaos on the Bridge
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Skywalker Legacy
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
The Matrix Recalibrated
Star Wars Biomes
MARS: Inside SpaceX
National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Return to Space
The Class of ‘92
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Room 237
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
More like this
Solaris
Soviet Bus Stops
The KGB Connections: An Investigation into Soviet Operations in North America
The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
Dark Side of the Moon
The Late Night Double Feature
The Sky Calls
Omulan!
Chernobyl 30 Years On: Nuclear Heritage
Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man
Ultimate Space Telescope
There is the Metro!
Free Fall
Explorers
The Paper Brigade
Venus: Death of a Planet
Movie & TV metadata from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.