The Space Race tells the untold story of the battle to put the first black man in space, a complex web of Cold War propaganda and Civil Rights mishaps that spanned the US, Russia, and Cuba. Through the stories of three men championed and used by each country, this documentary reveals how the race to the stars was also a fight for ideological supremacy that shaped our history.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Space Race include High & Low – John Galliano, JFK: What The Doctors Saw, David Foster: Off the Record, Secrets of the Neanderthals, Citizen K, It Was Always Me: Behind the Story.

The Space Race was released for streaming on February 13, 2024.