First Contact: An Alien Encounter

Name: First Contact: An Alien Encounter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-10-06
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jill Winternitz, Shannon Sullivan, Cerys Matthews

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20222022
1h 26m

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6.5/10

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First Contact: An Alien Encounter (2022)

Documentary

Since the mid-20th century, astronomers have been searching for extra-terrestrial life in the Universe. This documentary imagines how the scientific community and world would react if an ali... Read allSince the mid-20th century, astronomers have been searching for extra-terrestrial life in the Universe. This documentary imagines how the scientific community and world would react if an alien object passed through our Solar System.Since the mid-20th century, astronomers have been searching for extra-terrestrial life in the Universe. This documentary imagines how the scientific community and world would react if an alien object passed through our Solar System.

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6.5/10

122

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4/10

Not a documentary! This is FICTION

I had wacky confusion over what PBS did with this show. It never clued us in clearly what they were doing, so I kept wondering "when did this happen? How did I miss the rioting and drama? What???!!" And I'm a science fiction writer and social media adept. Do not call it a documentary, PBS. It's an imagining using technology already present. Give us a clue of real vs fiction as we're watching it. Or, know what? This demeans true scientific discovery when you present "truth adjacent" stuff as real. Politicians do that; PBS be different.

Science fiction, in case these producers are confused, is worthwhile & does JUST what they pretended to do.

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