Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon
"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon," is a nostalgic look-back doc film from filmmaker Kevin Stirling, about the pivotal, historic, and decisively successful 1968 Christmas lunar mission.
Audiences will recall the epic flight of Apollo 8, both for its historic achievements and the joy it gave to a war-weary nation in 1968, when three American astronauts (Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James A. Lovell Jr., and Lunar Module Pilot William A. Anders) joined the pantheon of space explorers, as they became the first humans to leave the Earth's gravitational force, flying to and orbiting the Moon.
"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon" features spectacular NASA footage, interviews with NASA officials and award-winning journalists who covered NASA during the 1960s: George F. Alexander (Newsweek, LA Times), Mark Bloom (NY Daily News), Hugh W. Harris (Director, NASA Public Affairs), Bob Button (NASA Public Affairs), Victor McElheny (Boston Globe), John Noble Wilford (New York Times) and others.
"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon" won the 2016 Special Jury NASA Remi Award at the 49th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
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Kevin StirlingDirectorMOON BEAT
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Kevin StirlingProducerMOON BEAT
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 59 seconds
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Country of Origin:United States
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Worldfest-Houston International Film FeestivalHouston, Texas
United States
April 29, 2017
Platinum NASA Remi Award -
Las Cruces International Film FestivalLas Cruces, New Mexico
United States
March 9, 2018
Official Selection -
New York Short Film TuesdaysNew York
United States
October 24, 2017
Official Selection -
NewFilmmakers 2019New York
United States
January 30, 2019
Official Selection -
2018 Directors Circle Festival of ShortsErie
United States
November 17, 2018
Official Selection