Product: Race to Space (Region 2) (2002)
Rating: 5.0
prejudice and isolation can be overcome
Based on the true story of the german scientists who launched America's space race, this film tells how a chimpanzee was launched into space in preparation for the human missions that were to come. Wilhelm von Huber is a brilliant scientist but is losing his connection with his son Billy. Billy, likewise very intelligent, rejects his father's german culture in favour of being American, but faces racism from his peers. This, together with the loss of his mother, causes his grades to slide. When his father takes action on Billy's grades, it leads to Billy meeting Mac, one of the chimpanzee test pilots being trained by Dr. McGuinness (Annabeth Gish).