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Space, Hope and Charity
The Remarkable Journey of Charity Woodrum with Dr. Charity Woodrum, Astrophysicist; Sandy Cummings, Film Director; and Dr. Scott Fisher, PhD, Astronomy Lecturer, Physics Department at the University of Oregon.
Watch and learn at The Empirical Theater as OMSI brings the science of your favorite movies and documentaries to life on the big screen. Perfect for science and film lovers alike, this series combines the best of Science Pub with the fun of movie night, bringing in experts to amplify your movie-watching experience.
An award-winning documentary film about Charity Woodrum, a young woman from rural Oregon whose dream of becoming an astrophysicist is nearly derailed when she suffers a devastating tragedy.
Charity was a nontraditional university student, raised in poverty, the first in her family to graduate from high school. In her mid-20s, she was married and nine months pregnant when she decided to return to school to study physics. Life felt perfect. Then, what she calls “The Worst Day.” Her world was destroyed.
With help from friends old and new, she finds her way back to the distant galaxies where she feels most at peace.