IFI to screen stunning moon images

apologies if this was posted before

www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0401/ifi.html

In a world cinema exclusive, the Irish Film Institute (IFI) will screen new high definition TV images from the moon as part of its Education Programme.

The images, taken by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) within the last few weeks, include remarkable pictures of the 'Earth Rise' and the 'terminator', the line where the moon's day and night sides meet.

IFI Education will be screening the new footage as an introduction to the documentary feature 'In the Shadow of the Moon', which brings together most of the surviving members of the Apollo missions.
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The film will be introduced with a specially filmed address from Harrison Hagan 'Jack' Schmitt, (born 3 July, 1935), an American geologist, former NASA astronaut and US Senator, and the twelfth person to walk on the moon.

As far as I know these screenings, which are country wide, are targeted toward leaving cert history students. Apollo is on the leaving cert paper, seeing this film would help students understand the context of the achievements of these wonderful men.

Check out the list of venues and check with the IFI to see if there are places available
indeed if there are any left at this time. It seems to be well booked by enlightened schools. I was privileged to see it on Monday morning and give a little pep talk afterwards to a couple of hundred teenagers from several schools. The JAXA images are surreal.

For the first time in my life I wanted to do the leaving cert again

Public Relations Officer IFAS
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