Joe Jennings, an innovator in the world of skydiving, has spent decades capturing breathtaking aerial moments with his camera. Driven by a passion for "camera flying" in his youth, Joe cultivated a deep friendship with fellow skydiver Rob Harris, partnering to become one of the most influential skysurfing teams in history. Flying at the top of their game, Joe’s world was shattered when tragedy struck, leaving him to navigate the skies alone. Through stunning archival footage, revealing interviews, and dramatic verité, SPACE COWBOY reveals itself to be a deeper emotional journey as Joe navigates loss, depression, and the challenge of balancing a life in the sky with the realities on the ground. 

 “Space Cowboy’s” principal structuring thread is Jenning’s team’s quest to perfect “the Holy Grail of flying objects”: Fine-tuning a car found in a junkyard so that it can be dropped from a plane and filmed as it plummets without flipping, spinning or tilting... Of course it must also carry passengers, who’ll trigger their parachutes at the last possible second. We never learn just what this is for… but does it matter?
Dennis Harvey
Variety