MISS BAKER’S RIDE

Film short, nominated for NASA/CineSpace & Los Angeles Film Festival prizes.
A graphic novel, inspired by ancient Japanese calligraphy, filmed using VR technics. Tells the story of Miss Baker the first monkey to return from space alive

A true story. After a decade of losing monkeys and falling behind USSR in the race for space. Miss Baker, a small squirrel monkey and Abel a rhesus monkey, were launched into space in 1959 and returned alive! Paving the way for future space exploration - sadly Abel died 4 days later. Miss Baker lived as a heroine until the ripe old age of 27 becoming the oldest living squirrel on record.