Forgotten Spaceman Hershewe fazanawerd

When Abdul Ahad Momand traveled to space with the Soviets in 1988, he became the only Afghan astronaut in history. Reflecting on Momand’s subsequent emigration and centering questions of what is lost when one becomes a refugee, filmmaker Elham Ehsas tells the parallel refugee story of his own father.

This film screens as part of the Documentary Shorts: Fault Lines shorts program.