Hidden Figures

October 16, 2022

Hidden Figures

Genre: Drama/history

Duration: 2h 7m

Release Date: January 6th 2017.

Director: Theodore Melfi ( an American filmmaker born on October 27th 1970, he won an Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screen Play for this film)

Theodore Melfi

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios

Awards: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Where to watch: Disney+ (subscription)

Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner and Jim Parsons.

Plot

This movie tells the true story of three black women living in the US in the 19th century and the discrimination they had to go through in the workplace. It also tells the experience of having their accomplishments diminished in favor of their white counterparts.

My personal opinion

This is probably one of my favorite movies of all times because of how inspiring and uplifting it is.And I believe that there are some very important key lessons we should take away from the movie such as:

Dare to be first
Support your fellow women
Stand up for yourself
Focus on your goal
And never take no for an answer

I'd give this movie a 10/10.

My favorite quotes from this movie are:

(Not in order)

"We all pee the same color."
"If she says the numbers are good, then I'm good to go."
"Every time we have a chance to get ahead, they move the finish line."
"And it's not because we wear skirts. It's because we wear glasses."
"You, sir, you are the boss. You just have to act like one.. sir."

Mary Jackson (1921 - 2005)

Mary Jackson (American mathematician and aerospace engineer) became the first first African American female engineer to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958.

She was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating from high school with highest honours, she earned a dual degree in mathematics and physical science at the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in 1942. She worked as a math teacher in Maryland for a year before returning to Hampton. She later married Levi Jackson.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Jackson-mathematician-and-engineer

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Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)

Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon.

She was born on August 26th 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Her intelligence and skill with numbers became apparent when she was a child. When she was just 10 years old she started attending high school.

In 1937, at age 18, Coleman graduated with highest honours from West Virginia State College (now West Virginia State University), earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and French. She subsequently moved to Virginia to take a teaching job. In 1939, however, she was selected to be one of the first three African American students to enroll in a graduate program at West Virginia University. She studied math there but soon left after marrying James Goble and deciding to start a family. He died in 1956, and three years later she married James Johnson.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician

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Dorothy Vaughn (1910 -2008)

Dorothy Vaughn was an American mathematician and computer programmer who made important contributions to the early years of the U.S. space program and who was the first African American manager at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which later became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

In 1917 Johnson’s family moved from Missouri to West Virginia. She later earned a degree in mathematics (1929) from Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio. She worked as a math teacher in Virginia and married Howard S. Vaughan.