Fly me to the Moon

On Friday, March 3rd RAICCS, the Rutgers Geography Department, and The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice are hosting a screening of the film “Fly Me to the Moon” (2019).

This enlightening feature documentary is directed by independent filmmaker Esther Figueroa, who will be joining us for a discussion and reception following the screening!

Free and open to the public! Reception with refreshments to follow!

"Fly me to the Moon" takes us on a journey into the unexpected ways we are all connected on Planet Earth, by following aluminum - the metal of modernity - around the world and into space. We travel for over one hundred years, visiting places as far flung as the Moon, Jamaica, India, Suriname, Canada, Cuba, Japan, Hungary, Iceland, Australia, Vietnam, the United States of America, encountering along the way human “triumphs", technological innovations, multiple wars, societal upheavals, environmental devastation.

And in the urgent here and now of the climate crisis, the film challenges us to think about the consequences of our consumption, to reimagine the ways in which we live, and to change our material culture and political economy that is destroying the planet we all depend on.

Esther Figueroa, Ph.D, is a Jamaican independent filmmaker, writer, educator, and linguist with over thirty-five years of media productions including television programming, documentaries, educational videos, multimedia, and feature film. Her activist filmmaking gives voice to those outside of mainstream media and focuses on the perpetuation of local and indigenous knowledge and cultures, protecting the natural environment, countering social injustice, and furthering community empowerment.

View the event flyer here.