For All Mankind
For All Mankind • 1h 20m
Directed by Al Reinert • 1989 • United States
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary FOR ALL MANKIND is the story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Forty years after the first moon landing, it remains the most radical, visually dazzling work of cinema yet made about this earthshaking event.
Up Next in For All Mankind
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Jonathan Turell on FOR ALL MANKIND
In this program recorded in 2019, Criterion CEO Jonathan Turell reminisces about his friend Al Reinert, the director of FOR ALL MANKIND, and marvels at the way the film captures the wonder of space travel.
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FOR ALL MANKIND with Identifications
FOR ALL MANKIND is presented here with on-screen titles that identify the astronauts and mission control specialists in the film.
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FOR ALL MANKIND Commentary
This audio commentary by filmmaker Al Reinert and astronaut Eugene Cernan was recorded in 1999. A veteran of three missions—including Apollo 17, on which he served as commander—Cernan was the last man to set foot on the lunar surface, in 1972.
