I recently wrote about what I considered the wrong-headed view of in-space colonies in the movie Elysium. A diametrical approach in politics and film-making quality is found in the obscure 1978 film Libra in which a large space habitat is depicted as a refuge of freedom from an increasingly oppressive earth:
- PROJECT ION: Libra – a film from 1978 about space colonies
- Libra: The 21st Century (Libertarian) Space Colony – Paleofuture
- Libra (1978) | A/V Geeks
It is obviously a low budget, amateurish promotion of a political point of view but is still interesting and probably closer to the future than Elysium.
Here is a segment of the film, which was made by an organization called World Research Inc.:
And here is the full 39 minute version: