Denver Film Festival is screening 'The Space Race' about Denver resident Ed Dwight.
Among the more than 180 films showing during the Denver Film Festival is a new documentary by National Geographic. It focuses on the impact of race in NASA, and tells the story of Ed Dwight, who was on track to become the nation's first Black astronaut. 'I got interested in aviation when I was a little bitty kid,' Dwight told CBS News Colorado. He beat the odds by becoming a decorated Air Force pilot.
'In the end, Dwight was not chosen to go on to NASA and become an astronaut.'Twenty years later, Guy Bluford comes along and is the first Black American to go to space. He had a path that was steps in the bush that he could follow because of what Ed did,' said another African American astronaut in the film. Dwight credits his mother for giving him the courage to be a pioneer.
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