BLAST! 

Wednesday May 27, 7pm

Director Paul Devlin
USA 2008 78 mins

Filmmaker Paul Devlin follows the story of his brother, Mark Devlin PhD, as he leads a tenacious team of scientists hoping to figure out how all the galaxies formed by launching a revolutionary new telescope under a NASA high-altitude balloon. Their adventure takes them from Arctic Sweden to Inuit polar bear country in Canada, where catastrophic failure forces the team to try all over again on the desolate ice in Antarctica. BLAST! is about the crazy life of scientists. Their professional obsessions, personal and family sacrifices, and philosophical and religious questioning all give emotional resonance to a suspenseful story of space exploration.

Directly after the 7pm screening the New York Times science reporter, Dennis Overbye will moderate a Q & A panel discussion with BLAST! astrophysicists Mark Devlin and Barth Netterfield.
Paul Delvin Productions

This film is also showing on:
Wed 27 May 9pm  Pre-Release Screening