The Old Negro Space Program

In 1957, African-American astronauts found themselves unable to break the color barrier at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Undaunted, and on a shoestring budget, they formed their own space program, the 'Negro-American Space Society of Astronauts' (NASSA). Told in documentary style satirizing Ken Burns' documentary 'The Civil War,' this comedic short traces NASSA's rise and fall with a nod to the true history of the Negro Baseball Leagues.