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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
- Written by 20th Century Fox
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Appreciation, it is the act of estimating the qualities of things and giving them their proper value.(2) There are few ways to enhance appreciation and Hidden Figures takes full advantage of that opportunity without being too busy or too preachy. It helps the audience better understand the struggles of being a minority – not only a working woman but also a mother too. During the 1960s we had the civil rights movement and the space race with the Soviet Union – which involved the difficult challenge of getting mankind into space for the first time and the courage it needed to be that man. This can be a lot of information, during one specific period, for just one movie but Hidden Figures is up to the challenge. The script adaptation – from Margot Lee Shetterly's book “Hidden Figures” – by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi weaves its many storylines together seamlessly, as it is both educating and entertaining for audience throughout. The film is an adaptation of which follows the story of three African-American women who worked in NASA's computer section in 1961. Computers meaning, human computers as in they were the computers. Back then computers took up an entire room and were just beginning to be installed in places like NASA. So it was up to talented mathematicians to do the calculations for the space program by hand. The performances are most definitely key to the film's success because although the screenplay offers a lot of character development, it is up to the actors to pull off their parts successfully and thankfully they did.
