Special Guests
STARMAN w/ Gentry Lee
Directed by Robert Stone
USA, 2025, 1h 25min, DCP
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$14 evening / $11.50 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Accessibility
See more about the venue’s accessibility here.
Legendary NASA robotics engineer and best-selling science fiction author, Gentry Lee, has spent a lifetime seeking an answer to the ultimate cosmic question: are we alone in the universe? At age 82, he has come to a revelatory conclusion.
This new documentary from Robert Stone (CHASING THE MOON, OSWALD’S GHOST) will be accompanied by a special Q&A with space-exploration pioneer Gentry Lee.
About Gentry Lee:
Gentry Lee serves as the Chief Engineer for Planetary Exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. With a remarkable career spanning over fifty years, he has played a pivotal role in nearly all of America’s interplanetary missions, starting with his essential contributions to the Viking mission to Mars in 1976, which marked the first successful landing on another planet. In collaboration with the late Carl Sagan, Lee co-developed and produced the acclaimed 1980 television series, Cosmos. Additionally, he is a best-selling science fiction author, renowned for co-authoring the Rama series with Arthur C. Clarke, along with numerous other novels.
