People Are Freaking Out Over How Neil Armstrong Biopic Handles the American Flag on the Moon

The Neil Armstrong biopic First Man premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, but it's the film's omission of Armstrong's historic planting of the American flag on the moon has many outraged.

While most people associate Armstrong with the iconic moment when he placed the American flag on the moon, director Damien Chazzell chose to cut out the moment for the biopic based on James Hansen's biography of Armstrong's life.