Mercury 13 shares how 13 women were denied an opportunity that could have changed American society for decades afterward, and their story needs to be known.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 21, 2018

This is the sort of film that begins modestly-seemingly only a piece of curious history-and grows steadily deeper as it moves to its climax, and that climax is a powerful one.

| Apr 20, 2018

At a brisk and efficient 78-minutes, Mercury 13 is engaging, yet sadness and anger seeps in as it progresses.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2018

A soaring tribute to some aviation pioneers.

| Apr 19, 2018

An engaging blend of modern-day interviews and archival footage, Mercury 13 complicates the traditional narrative of triumph surrounding the Mercury missions of the '60s and their culmination with the moon landing.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2018