A Million Miles Away
PG
7.3
2023
2 hr 2 min
Drama
, History
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
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- Cast:
- Michael Peña , Rosa Salazar , Julio Cesar Cedillo , Veronica Falcón , Garret Dillahunt , Sarayu Blue , Bobby Soto
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The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
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This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
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A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
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