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July 16, 2019鈥擠enton, TX鈥�Mack Minded: Humanly Possible, a short documentary film about female scientist Pauline Beery Mack, PhD, who performed groundbreaking research for NASA throughout the 1960s, has been selected as an official entry of the 25th Annual .

The film was selected out of hundreds of submissions, according to the film festival organizers. It will be screened in downtown San Antonio at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in the Feik Family Rotunda as part of the Lone Star Shorts Block.

Mack Minded: Humanly Possible tells the story of Mack鈥檚 research on bone density and the effect of space travel on the body. She did this during a time when there were few women in the field of science. The film is a joint production of Curious Dog Creative and Texas Woman鈥檚 University. Mack served as dean and director of 草莓传媒官网下载鈥檚 Research Institute from 1952-1973.

鈥淎s NASA gets closer and closer to manned flights to Mars, the life鈥檚 work of Dr. Mack continues to play a role in space exploration, even decades after her death,鈥� said Susan Carol Davis, the film鈥檚 director. 鈥淵et, her story and her contribution to space travel as we know it remained to be told鈥攗ntil now.鈥�

NASA鈥檚 celebration of Apollo 11鈥檚 50th anniversary this year sparked the interest to share the story of Mack, according to Davis. 鈥淗er bone density studies shed light on the very human element of Neil Armstrong鈥檚 first steps on the moon.鈥�

While developing this story for film, Davis led an all-female crew which included director of photography and editor Claire Blakeney Dejarnett. The documentary features Mack鈥檚 former research assistants as well as 草莓传媒官网下载 faculty who are involved in projects sponsored by the Texas Space Grant Consortium.

The extended cut of this film, , premiered in April at the Thin Line Fest, where it won the Best Denton Award for Documentary Filmmaking.