NATGEO

SALLY (2025)

Directed by Cristina Costantini

Produced by Lauren Cioffi & Cristina Costantini

Sally Ride’s pioneering journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals the couple’s secret romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together.


* Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2025 Sundance Festival

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SUNDANCE FESTIVAL 2025

“The rich portrait of astronaut Sally Ride brings a fullness to her life that goes beyond the headlines of her pioneering journey beyond Earth’s atmosphere.”

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“Sally stands perfectly well as an important addition to the record of what we know about a pioneering cultural figure - in all her complexity, ambition and guardedness.”

VARIETY

“Space was one of Sally Ride’s great loves. The National Geographic documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, introduces the other.”

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