Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Afronauts Nuotama Bodomo, Isabella Wing-Davey, 14:06

It is July 16, 1969: America is preparing to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon. Inspired by true events.

CREDITS

Short film:
Written and Directed by Nuotama Frances Bodomo
Produced by Isabella Wing-Davey
Edited by Sara Shaw
Photographed by Joshua James Richards
Production design by Feli Lamenca
Music by Brian McOmber
Principal cast: Diandra Forrest, Yolonda Ross, and Hoji Fortuna

Feature film:
Written and Directed by Nuotama Frances Bodomo
Produced by Vincho Nchogu and Ryan Zacarias

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Astronomy
Engineering

AWARDS

2014, Tribeca Film Institute: Filmmaker Fund: Production Award
2013, NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Production Award
2014, NYU Tisch School of the Arts: 100k First Feature Award
2016, Film Independent: Producer's Grant

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.