

The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Ariel Phenomenon explores an African extraterrestrial encounter witnessed by over sixty schoolchildren in 1994. As a Harvard professor, a BBC war reporter, and past students investigate, they struggle to answer the question: "What happens when you experience something so extraordinary that nobody believes you?"
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Christopher SewardWriter
- Randall NickersonDirector
- Randall NickersonWriter
- Nate WalcottOriginal Music Composer
- Henrik ÅströmOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John E. MackSelf - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (archive footage)
- Natasha ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
- Nashville ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
- Francis ChirimuutaSelf - Ariel School Student
- Nathaniel CoxallSelf - Ariel School Student
- Lisil FieldSelf - Ariel School Student
- Emma KristiansenSelf - Ariel School Student
- Robert MedcalfSelf - Ariel School Student
- Luke NelSelf - Ariel School Student
- Claire RixomSelf - Ariel School Student
- Takudzwa ShavaSelf - Ariel School Student
- Salma SiddickSelf - Ariel School Student
Stills
Themes
ufozimbabwealien encounterarielunidentified aerial phenomenon (uap)