Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Skylab Mark Landsman, 12:22

An 11 year-old spends the summer of 1979 certain that Skylab, America’s First Space Station—then falling back to Earth, though no expert could say where—is about to land on top of him. It might almost make him less miserable if it did; he is spending the summer with his mother who is planning a second marriage to a guy he can't stand.

CREDITS

Directed and written by Mark Landsman. Produced by Shani M Rotkovitz. Edited by Brad Schwartz. Photographed by Young Rho Kim. Production design by Laura Paddock. Music by William West. Principal cast: Dennis Bendersky (as Benj), Joe Marinelli (Fred), Dorian Frankel (Helene), Adam Riancho (Sam).

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Astronomy

AWARDS

2003, American Film Institute: Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.