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Hidden Figures (2016), Director: Theodore Melfi,
rated PG for language
Meet the women
you don't know, behind the mission you do.
  Starring: Taraji P.
Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten
Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"There are no colored
bathrooms in this building, or any building outside the West
Campus, which is half a mile away. Did you know that? I have to
walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself! And I can't use one of
the handy bikes. Picture that, Mr. Harrison. My uniform, skirt
below the knees and my heels. And simple string of pearls. Well,
I don't own pearls. Lord knows you don't pay the colored women
enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog day and night,
living on coffee from a pot NONE OF YOU WANNA TOUCH! So, excuse
me if I have to go to the restroom a few times a day."
- Katherine Johnson
Why watch this? It
is a fascinating film about the wonderful black women who were our nation's original "computers".
Plot Summary:
This is the incredible, untold true story of three brilliant
African-American women working at NASA in the 1960s. These
mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary
Jackson, were essential to launching astronaut John Glenn into
orbit during the Space Race.
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Dad's Preview: The
quote above by NASA employee Katherine Goble (portrayed
wonderfully by Taraji P. Henson) says it all. Watch it by
clicking the purple play button - upper right. |
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Fox 2000 Pictures,
Chernin Ent., Levantine Films;
20th Century Fox |
