Hidden Figures

I believe that hidden figures supports the author’s argument. Based on a true story, this historical film tells the story of three African American women who worked at NASA and eventually helped launch the astronaut John Glenn in space. While history views this women as invisible, the movie works to celebrate their contribution to American History. Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson, with Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali in supporting roles. Not only does Hidden figures feature an all female main cast, these women are simultaneously African American women, it is a cultural turning point as well as a turning point in the film history, hidden figures is so important for modern culture because it details a little known but vitally important part of American history. It’s a good-hearted look at a time of great change both in the American cultural shifts in the space race and in terms of race and how African American women made their mark at NASA.