Hidden Figures – BGC 2017

Update 2017-01-15:
Huffington Post / Variety ~ Hidden Figures’ Continues Reign At The Box Office …


Hidden Figures (2017) – the previously untold story of black women mathematicians and scientists in NASA’s early days of the space race


Rotten Tomatoes (excerpt here: full page and related links below)

HIDDEN FIGURES is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)-brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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