7/3/15 review of film Disaster Playground by Nelly Ben Hayoun

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Nelly Ben Hayoun film Disaster Playground.

Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's film Disaster Playground is like a documentary by way of Jean-Luc Godard. In the documentary, Nelly discusses the possibility of Earth getting struck by an asteroid, and visits the people tasked with researching Earth's risk. In my thread, I discuss Nelly's eccentric approach to telling this narrative. I also discuss how the documentary views America, social networks, and the professional versus the amateur.

Disaster Playground is easily one of my favorite films of the decade. It's also, unfortunately, one of the most overlooked. I absolutely recommend checking it out. Here is the trailer.

Also, here is a link to the website for Nelly Ben Hayoun (NBH) Studios. They are doing a lot of exciting stuff right now.

I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, a great movie house located in Denver, Colorado.

8/24/2014 review of Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space, by Lynn Sherr

Here is a link to my Twitter review from August 24, 2014, of Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space, by Lynn Sherr.

The Twitter review summarizes my feelings about how Lynn Sherr's work describes Ride's space journeys, effects on the course of NASA, and personal life.

Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space was published in June of 2014. Here is a link to the Simon & Schuster page for the book. This page includes a few videos about Sally Ride, as well as Lynn Sherr, who was a close friend of Ride's.

Here is one of the Sally Ride videos from the Simon & Schuster website.