A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Presented in partnership with ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination; History of the Future presents thought-provoking films from decades past (1970s to the 2000s). With introductions from scholars and films about the future, which question how accurate those visions of the future turned out to be. Learn more at csi.asu.edu
