BLAST! (2008 film)

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BLAST!
Poster by Dan Chapman
Directed by	Paul Devlin
Starring	Mark Devlin
Distributed by	Docurama
Release date	2008 (2008)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

BLAST! is a 2008 American feature-length documentary by Paul Devlin. The film follows a team of astrophysicists who launch a telescope, upon a high-altitude balloon from northern Sweden and again from Antarctica.^[1][2] The film follows the crew of scientists as they travel on a search to answer humankind's most basic question, how did we get here? An approach rarely seen in science programming, BLAST! de-emphasizes talking-head interviews and dispenses with anonymous narration in favor of capturing the action as it happens. Through dynamic storytelling, BLAST! reveals the human side of scientific pursuit, the personal sacrifices of scientists and the philosophical perspectives of discovering the origins of the universe.