NEW LENS FILM SERIES
“1968”
Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated. Demonstrations against the war in Vietnam
reflected a divided country. The one bright spot
may have been NASA's first flight from the Earth
to the moon, with astronauts Frank Borman, James
Lovell, and William Anders aboard. ~ Rose of
Sharon Winter, Rovi
Through dramatization, this series
relates the story of the conquest of the
moon by the Americans, from the
President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge to America in a speech to Congress in
1961: Land a man on the moon within the
decade. This HBO mini-series, produced by
SEPTEMBER 19
7—9 PM
UNIVERSITY THEATER
Tom Hanks, chronicles the story of NASA's
efforts to carry out the vision. Episode four
looks at the space program in 1968. Robert
SPONSORED BY SOCIOLOGY AND
CHEMISTRY CLUBS
Mercury and Gemini projects to the
legendary Apollo missions.