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Mercury 13

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13 US women, as part of a privately funded program, underwent some of physiological examination conducted by astronauts who are choasen by the US space agency NASA for the mercury project. They dreamed of becoming astronauts, but men were always chosen.
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April 17, 2018

The documentary Mercury 13 goes way deeper into each of [its] points, and much more.
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April 23, 2018

Echoes themes in Hidden Figures [...] watch this one right now.
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April 19, 2018

A soaring tribute to some aviation pioneers.
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April 17, 2018

A portrait of the "astronettes" who, like the human computers of "Hidden Figures" ae forgotten women of the early days of the space program.
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April 09, 2018

An engaging blend of modern-day interviews and archival footage, Mercury 13 complicates the traditional narrative of triumph surrounding the Mercury missions of the '60s and their culmination with the moon landing.
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April 23, 2018

An essential documentary look at yet another example of historical feminism that should never have been forgotten: the first American in space might have and probably should have been a woman.
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April 20, 2018

This is the sort of film that begins modestly-seemingly only a piece of curious history-and grows steadily deeper as it moves to its climax, and that climax is a powerful one.
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April 23, 2018

Honestly, if this film doesn't grab you by the heart, check your pulse to make sure you still have one.
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April 25, 2018

The film from David Sington and Heather Walsh is a captivating experience ripe with sobering details.
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April 18, 2018

Though modest in its artistic aims, it's a polished piece of work which has evidently benefited from the luxury of time in both the research stage and the editing suite.
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April 20, 2018

At a brisk and efficient 78-minutes, Mercury 13 is engaging, yet sadness and anger seeps in as it progresses.
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April 24, 2018

They didn't get the chance to take a step on the moon, but they still made a giant leap for womankind - and it's about time their names were known.
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