Film Black History Month: Hidden Figures

Overview

Hidden Figures, Theodore Melfi, 2016, Colour, 127 mins, Certificate: PG

"History, written by (white) men, has consistently erased, silenced, or altered beyond recognition the stories of consequential women.

Particularly those of women of colour.

Like the - against all odds -  monumental achievements of Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, the three black mathematicians, without whom (white) men would have never reached the stars and travel back to Earth safely to tell the tale.

But this is not a documentary. This is a based on an incredible true story, fiction film.

An armed with not one, but two, rarely so accurate and inspiring taglines, film: "Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do." " Genius has no race. Strength has no gender. Courage has no limit."

A nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Picture, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay), thoughtful, tender, joyful, wonderfully suspenseful and highly entertaining, graced with three magnetic central performances by the ever luminous Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe, and an enviable supporting cast (Kevin Coster, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell) film.

It will open your eyes, lift your spirits, stir your emotions, start conversations, and point you to the right direction in uncovering these women's rightful place in History."

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