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Ariel Phenomenon

2022-05-20 · 90 min · ★ 6.2

Documentary

Ariel Phenomenon explores an African extraterrestrial encounter witnessed by over sixty schoolchildren in 1994. As a Harvard professor, a BBC war reporter, and past students investigate, they struggle to answer the question: "What happens when you experience something so extraordinary that nobody believes you?"

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Directors
Randall Nickerson
Production companies
String Theory Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

John E. MackJohn E. MackSelf - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (archive footage)
Natasha ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
Nashville ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
Francis ChirimuutaSelf - Ariel School Student
Nathaniel CoxallSelf - Ariel School Student
Lisil FieldSelf - Ariel School Student
Emma KristiansenSelf - Ariel School Student
Robert MedcalfSelf - Ariel School Student
Luke NelSelf - Ariel School Student
Claire RixomSelf - Ariel School Student
Takudzwa ShavaSelf - Ariel School Student
Salma SiddickSalma SiddickSelf - Ariel School Student
Emily TrimSelf - Ariel School Student
Kayleigh Van DrutenSelf - Ariel School Student
Dallyn VicoSelf - Ariel School Student
Tim LeachSelf - Former Head of Foreign Correspondents' Assoc in Zimbabwe

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