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‘Sally’ Review: Astronaut Sally Ride’s Life Partner Shares the Personal Saga of the Public Icon
Space was one of Sally Ride’s great loves. The National Geographic documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, Introduces the other.
Throughout “Sally,” Costantini (“Science Fair”) leans into Ride’s face — the smile, the blue eyes, the moments of pensive regard — by closing in on archival images. Costantini and editor Kate Hackett make deft use of plentiful archival footage, often manifesting the energy and excitement that the U.S. space program generated, while having fun doing it: The director buoys a montage of Ride teaming up for flight training with John Fabian after they were announced as Challenger crewmembers with ELO’s “Mr. In 1978, Mullane was the sinewy, crew-cut embodiment of the men profiled in Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff.” And the filmmaker follows up his dismissiveness with sitcom and movie clips making jabs at the notion of female astronauts.
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