"Sally" the monumental documentary about famous astronaut Sally Ride arrives on Nat Geo tonight!
"Sally" is our Pride Month Spotlight feature film. Find out more now!
The documentary film Sally chronicles the life, explorations, and accomplishments of astronaut Sally Ride. The documentary will premiere tonight on National Geographic, June 16 at 9/8c.
From National Geographic Documentary Films, the compelling and honest documentary Sally is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Cristina Costantini.
Sally Ride was a very smart and innovative astronaut, among her most notable accomplishments was being the first American woman in space. Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Revealing the romance and sacrifices of their 27 years together, Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, tells the full story of this complicated and iconic astronaut for the first time.
June is Pride Month. This monumental and emotional film chronicles how life for many people in the LGBTQIA+ community face hardships, biased, and inner battles all because they were considered or judged for their sexual preference, gender, or orientation during throughout history. Regardless of class, race, or occupation, these hateful and biased ideologies have affected, traumatized, and discriminated against people from the LGBTQIA+ community both then and still often now today. Sally and Tam’s relationship, which began in the 1980s, was kept private for decades and only publicly acknowledged after Ride's death in 2012. Since then, O'Shaughnessy has become a prominent voice for LGBTQ+ rights and STEM education, particularly for women and minorities.
Now for the first time, Nat Geo is giving audience a deeper look into the accomplishments, philanthropic work, and love life of American astronaut Sally Ride with first hand accounts from those who knew well and loved her the most.
Sally will also be available to stream globally on Disney+ and Hulu the next day, June 17.
Take a ride along with Sally for this moving the documentary, premiering tonight on National Geographic, June 16 at 9/8c.