Within the early Sixties, Edward Dwight Jr was recruited into the US Aerospace Analysis Pilot Faculty, coaching to develop into an astronaut and, maybe, the primary Black particular person in house. However simply as shortly as the chance had been thrust upon him, it disappeared when NASA named its chosen males – all of them white. The Misplaced Astronaut options Dwight recalling how his life has been formed by a love of flight, the racial dynamics of the US and his persistence within the face of adversity, which culminated in a celebrated profession as a sculptor later in life. The movie is a part of the Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot’s brief documentary collection Virtually Well-known, which options tales of notable individuals who by no means fairly turned family names.
