With me being a female African-American pursing a Engineering degree ... Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. This movie features three of the women who helped get NASA to the moon. Hidden Figures is actually two concurrent stories wrapped into one. He did this for eight years, so that each of his four children could go to high school and college. She was fascinated with numbers and became a high school freshman by age 10. Big Thumbs Up - 9.7/10 Its a reminder about how far we still have to go to ensure there is equality for all. I am a female engineer and I recall the day I realized in a class of 250 statics students that I was the ONLY female, in 1991. First, NASA needs the best minds around to win the space race over the Soviets, so you have the chaos of the space race. Mr Costner seems to enjoy working with Ms.Spencer, I think it is there second movie together and I loved the first one too called Black or White. But I understand you can't make a movie with 300 characters. They said, 'No.' They also have another strike against them in that they are black in a world that remains largely segregated. I lived through those times and never heard this story until the movie. First I didn't know that the humans were called computers, I tend to think of computers as machines. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner | She was not familiar with those buildings and when she asked a group of white women where the bathroom was, they giggled at her and offered no help. Yes. Even when electronic computers were first used at NASA, human computers like Katherine Johnson still often performed the calculations by hand to verify the results of their electronic counterparts. Enter these three black woman who are unquestionably smart and work hard at what they do. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines and inspired generations. Is it so difficult to believe ANY woman would have had the brains and abilities to so what these women did? Yes. She now had to play the role of both mother and sole breadwinner. First, NASA needs the best minds around to win the space race over the Soviets, so you have the chaos of the space race. And thank God for the African American President of the US who finally recognized their outstanding contribution to that nation's success in aeronautical science and space engineering. An incredible & inspiring untold true story about three women at NASA who were instrumental in one of history’s greatest operations – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Mary went to work on a project on NASA Langley's East Side alongside several white computers. Prior to NASA, she had worked as a school teacher and a stay-at-home mom. "They weren't as excited as we were, and we just looked at them in awe." Gave it to an American friend. I went to my advisor, who was a nice German man, but very linear. Even so it says a lot about our society and how far its come since the late 50s early 60s. Fantastic movie!!! DO NOT KNOW WHAT OR WHERE TO GET CODE? This story is an inspiration to everyone. Overview Hidden Figures tells the story of a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” who used slide rules, adding machines, and pencils to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets into space. NACA (the precursor to NASA) hired five women in 1935 to be part of their first computer pool at the Langley Research Center. The goal of a "Girl Day" event was to help fill those jobs with women. I always read the 1 and 2 star reviews just to see what people's take is on a film. Before the days of electronic computers that we're familiar with today, the women hired at NASA to calculate trajectories, the results of wind tunnel tests, etc. John Carney 5 Jun 2020. Katherine proved to be so smart that she skipped several grades, graduating high school at age 14 and from West Virginia State College at 18. Luckily, I'm not ALWAYS the only female engineer in the room. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Have not felt like that watching a movie in a long time. I ORDERED THE ABOVE DVD, FROM AMAZON UK, TO BE DELIVERED TO A FRIEND U.K.