Press Coverage

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"Now turn your eyes skyward for Seeing in the Dark, a rhapsodic sight-and-sound odyssey into the night sky. Produced, written and narrated by Timothy Ferris (and based on his book of the same name), the film is meant to lure newcomers into stargazing, and to hear from a few of those already in its thrall. Shot in high-def, the film features never-before seen astronomical photography and special effects as well as an original score by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher. It interweaves themes of music, the stars, and the stark contrast between the brief span of human lifetimes and the vastness of the cosmos, where a backyard stargazer equipped with nothing more than binoculars can see light older than the human species. Says Ferris: "Astronomy, with its spectacular visual qualities and its relevance to enduring questions about the origin and evolution of the universe, has long been a gateway to science." His film is a gateway to astronomy. It airs 8 p.m. Wednesday on PBS (check local listings)."

-Associated Press TV Highlights for September 16-22, 2007 by Frazier Moore

Links to articles online:

The New York Times (9/19) - Not Blinded with Science, but Finding Poetry in Stars by Ginia Bellafante (review)

The Washington Post (9/19) - 'Seeing in the Dark': A star-studded evening on PBS by Josh Zumbrun (review)

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune (9/18) - Inspired by a moonlit Minnesota night by Neal Justin (interview with Robert Smith)

The St. Paul Pioneer Press (9/19) - Northern stars Minnesota has a role in astronomy documentary by Molly Millett (feature with interviews with Michael Koppelman, Robert Smith and Timothy Ferris)

The Hartford Courant (9/13) - PBS Film Features Avon Astrophotographer by Roger Catlin (about Rob Gendler)

San Francisco Chronicle (9/9) - Life Among the Stars, by Heidi Benson. Together, science writer Timothy Ferris and painter Carolyn Zecca Ferris have been "Seeing in the Dark" for more than two decades.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat (9/16) - Starry-eyed special: Astronomer/author Timothy Ferris shot 'Seeing in the Dark' at Sonoma Mountain observatory by Bill Mann (review)

The Alamogordo Daily News (NM) (9/19) - PBS Program to feature Mayhill stars by Bev Eckman-Onyskow (about New Mexico Skies)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (9/18) - Twinkle, twinkle little star, AETN is where you are by Michael Storey (review)

MSNBC.com Cosmic Log (9/19) - A Stargazer's Saga by Alan Boyle (interview with Timothy Ferris)

Space.com - How Sky-watching Tunes-Up Human Brains by Dave Brody

Planetary Society Weblog - Seeing in the Dark by Emily Lakdawalla (review)

Meade Instruments Corporation - A Sidereal Hour interview with Timothy Ferris by Scott Roberts

New York Times (9/5) - The Mix Tape of the Gods, by Timothy Ferris (with podcast)(requires free registration)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (9/3) - Picture the stars with an Internet telescope, by Tina Seay