ZERO GRAVITY

OFFICIAL SELECTION at 70+ Film Festivals, including DOC NYC, Cinequest, Cleveland International Film Festival, DocsMX, SCAD Savannah, SFFILM, New York International Children’s Film Festival, & Washington DC Environmental Film Festival | SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS include ISS National Lab R&D Conference, Imagine Science, Earth Focus, & Earth X | WINNER of 18 Awards including Audience Choice, Critic’s Choice, Best Editing, and Best Feature Documentary Science • Technology • Engineering • Math • Space • Coding • Programming • Educational Equity  Date of Completion: 2021 | Run Time: 75 & 52 minutes​​ | Language: English with Spanish subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide | Director: Thomas Verrette | Producers: Thomas Verrette & Haller Rice ZERO GRAVITY follows a diverse group of middle school students from San Jose, CA, who compete in a nationwide tournament to code satellites aboard the International Space Station. Their mission: compete with teams across the country to write the most strategic code for surveying satellites, known as SPHERES. These satellites will help map out a GPS system to successfully orbit Mars in the future, opening the door to infinite opportunities and exploration on the Red Planet. Each coder-in-the-making brings their own strengths, unique perspectives, and boundless curiosity to their team, together embarking on an out-of-this-world STEM quest that celebrates space, teamwork, and the triumph of the human spirit. Featuring astronauts Steve Smith, Cady Coleman, and International Space Station resident Jack Fischer, who performs the students’ incredible achievements in orbit 250 miles above the Earth‘s surface, this inspiring documentary highlights the importance of empowering the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators who will fearlessly lead us into the future and the unknown.