'' Connected : The Power of Six Degrees '' ( alternate title : '' How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer '' ) is a 2008 documentary film by Annamaria Talas . It was first aired in 2009 on the Science Channel . The documentary introduces the audience to the main ideas of network science through the exploration of the concept of six degrees of separation . It was awarded the 2009 AFI Award for Best Editing in a Documentary
2009 AFI Award
2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees