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Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 47M

Director : Kelvin Z. Phillips

Synopsis

BLACK SUNS: AN ASTROPHYSICS ADVENTURE is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams. It chronicles the lives of two globetrotting African American astrophysicists, Dr. Alphonse Sterling and Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, as they follow the two solar eclipses that occurred in 2012. Dr. Alphonse Sterling of NASA, stationed in Japan, had early success in the US, but left his home country to further cultivate his wide-ranging interests. Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi of the Florida Institute of Technology, is a scientist who beat the odds of poverty, and a poor early education, to get where he is today. The film is hosted by award-winning cultural astronomer Dr. Jarita Holbrook.

Actors

Dr. Alphonse Sterling
Dr. Alphonse Sterling
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Crews

Kelvin Z. Phillips
Kelvin Z. Phillips
Director
Jarita Holbrook
Jarita Holbrook
Writer
Kelvin Z. Phillips
Kelvin Z. Phillips
Writer

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