Hello, fellow movie fans. I'm Lily Percy and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with Drew Hammond about the movie that changed his life, Contact.

If you haven't seen it, don't worry, we're going to give you all of the details to follow along.

But before we get started, a special shout out to our Minneapolis friends.

We're doing a live recording of this movie Change Me with artist, activist, and Minneapolis City Council member, Andrea Jenkins.

We'll be at the Parkway Theater on Sunday, September 29th, talking about Spike Lee's masterpiece, Malcolm X.

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The first time that I saw contact in the theaters, I was blown away.

I think I was even speechless, if you can imagine that.

And I had never seen a movie that so perfectly captured my faith on film. I had never seen a movie that described all of the questions and all of the mysteries that I felt around God and science and even love in a movie before.

The movie is adapted from the science fiction novel by the scientist Carl Sagan

and tells the story of Ellie. We first meet her as a little girl with her dad, watching the stars,

and fascinated by the idea of life on other planets. We see her playing with the radio,

trying to make a connection with people from outside

her hometown, and that curiosity that she has as a little girl will eventually guide her through

her work. Could we talk to the moon? Well, it's a big enough radio, I don't see why not.

Could we talk to Jupiter? Or, Or what's the one after that?

Don't tell me.

Um, Neptune, Mars.

I'll give you a hint.

Hula Hoops.

Saturn.

Could we talk to Saturn?

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