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Spaceship Earth

Matt Wolf  •  USA  • ​  2020
113 mins  •  HD  •   M offensive language

The stranger-than-fiction story of eight scientists who spent two years quarantined inside a self-engineered bio-dome.

“Entertaining and edifying in equal measure” — Little White Lies
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DIRECTOR: Matt Wolf
PRODUCERS: Matt Wolf, Stacey Reiss
PRODUCTION CO: RadicalMedia
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sam Wootton
EDITOR: David Teague

WITH: John Allen, Tony Burgess, Freddy Dempster, Kathy Dyhr, Kathelin Gray, Marie Harding, Linda Leigh, Mark Nelson, Sally Silverstone, Larry Winokour

FESTIVALS
: Sundance

REVIEW

“Spaceship Earth is the true but stranger-than-fiction adventure of eight visionaries who spent two years quarantined in the Arizona desert inside of a self-engineered, self-sustaining replica of Earth’s ecosystem. Called Biosphere 2, the experiment was a worldwide phenomenon in the 1990s, chronicling daily existence in the face of life-threatening ecological disaster inside the biome and growing criticism outside that the project was nothing more than the workings of a cult. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers can potentially reimagine a new world.”

— Wexner Center for the Arts
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“Almost as much a drama of public relations as the story of a surprisingly successful collective of ’60s dreamers, Matt Wolf’s Spaceship Earth gets to know the men and women responsible for Biosphere 2, a ballyhooed experiment in self-contained ecological sustainability. Fascinating as a case study in turning big ideas into reality (sadly, a billionaire’s help is often required), the documentary should appeal to old hippies and young futurists, eco-activists and anyone who enjoys watching small groups of people threaten to implode. It also makes a fine corrective to media hype (both pro and con) that surrounded this 1991 experiment, suggesting it was hardly the high-minded flop (or scam) some believed it to be.”

— John Defore, Hollywood Reporter




FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

New Plymouth   
Wednesday, 01 March, 6.00pm

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Wednesday, 15 March, 6.00pm

Hamilton   
Monday, 03 April, 6:30pm

Wellington   
Monday, 24 April, 6.15pm

Nelson   
Tuesday, 23 May, 6.00pm

Whanganui  
Monday, 12 June, 7.00pm

​Timaru
   
Tuesday, 25 July, 6.00pm

Dunedin   
Wednesday, 15 November, 7.30pm

Carterton   
Friday, 24 November, 7.00pm


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