Premiere of the short film 'The Gravity of Kindness' at AFS Cinema, narrated by NASA astronaut Joe Tanner.
AFS Cinema is hosting the premiere of The Gravity of Kindness on Wednesday, August 19. It's a short film from the Best Day Ever Foundation, and the voice you'll hear throughout is Hall-of-Fame NASA astronaut Joe Tanner, who narrates the whole thing.
As for what it's actually about: the film follows lives transformed by unexpected acts of kindness across America. It's built around those small, unplanned moments that end up changing things for the people involved, and it spends its time watching how assumptions get challenged and perspectives shift when someone does something they didn't have to. The filmmakers describe it as heartfelt, uplifting, and deeply human—the kind of thing that looks at the better side of how people treat one another.
Having a NASA astronaut as the narrator adds a particular layer to it, too. There's something about that perspective—someone who's seen the world from a distance—that fits a film about the small, grounded connections that happen between strangers on the ground. It's a short, so it doesn't ask for a whole evening of your time, and it's playing at AFS, which is a great spot to catch a premiere like this.
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Tickets are $35 for general admission and $100 for VIP, and the screening is at AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35 Ste. 3100, in Austin. It's a Wednesday night, August 19, so you can slide it into the middle of your week.
