Silverdocs - In the Shadow of the Moon

Where were you on July 20, 1969? If you can answer that question, and if you remember the moon landing as a major event in your life, then In the Shadow of the Moon is sure to fill you with chills. Can you complete this sentence: "One small step for a man..." ? For Neal Armstrong, there was no doubt that the moon landing was a giant leap for mankind. This new movie was a major event over the weekend at the Silverdocs festival in Silver Spring, Maryland. Most of the audience members seemed to be of the generation that heard President John Kennedy's exhortation to the country to figure out how to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. NASA made it with only a few months to spare, but the effort is still considered a technological feat without parallel in the modern age.

But what of the men, and they were all men, who set foot on the moon? How did the experience change them? What did they learn, and what can they share with us?