Lav Diaz's 'Magellan' and Texas Meteor Crater: Humanizing History and Space
Lav Diaz’s film 'Magellan,' running nearly three hours, made its debut at the Austin Film Society Cinema. This 2025 production, featuring Gael García Bernal, reexamines Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition from 1518 to 1522, pushing back against traditional heroic narratives to expose the grim realities of colonial conquest. The film also references the Odessa Meteor Crater in Texas, a significant geological site showcasing multiple flags, including the U.S. and Texas. In addition, during NASA's Artemis II mission in April, Commander Reid Wiseman honored his late wife by naming a lunar crater after her and sharing an 'Earthset' video captured on his phone.
Key facts
- Lav Diaz's film 'Magellan' (2025) is nearly three hours long and screened at Austin Film Society Cinema.
- The film stars Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan.
- Magellan's circumnavigation occurred from 1518 to 1522.
- The Odessa Meteor Crater is located near Odessa, Texas, and landed 50,000 years ago.
- NASA's Artemis II mission in April 2026 carried astronauts around the moon.
- Commander Reid Wiseman named a lunar crater after his wife Carroll Taylor Wiseman, who died in 2020 at age 46.
- Terry Browder's exhibition 'Ledger Modern' at LHUCA uses historical land deeds.
- Diana Cheren Nygren's exhibition 'Mother Earth' at LHUCA features collaged photographs.
Entities
Artists
- Lav Diaz
- Gael García Bernal
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Terry Browder
- Diana Cheren Nygren
- Reid Wiseman
- Carroll Taylor Wiseman
- Mike Duncan
- Misha Glenny
- Paul Cooper
Institutions
- Austin Film Society Cinema
- University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory
- NASA
- Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA)
- Galveston County Daily News
- NPR
- BBC
Locations
- Austin
- Texas
- Chile
- Odessa
- Ector County
- Lubbock
- United States
- Moon