Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

Dir. Theodore Melfi

20th Century Fox

Throughout history, celebrity and mainstream recognition are generally only given to a select few individuals when grand achievements and giant leaps in progress are made. Hidden Figures does well telling the story of three behind-the-scenes individuals who helped make some grand achievements in American history possible. The film profiles three female African-American mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who overcame both racial and gender discrimination while working at NASA in the midst of the space race and became integral parts of the institution’s success in the 1960s.