![]() ![]() Saturday Snapshot: California & Southern Oregon Na.The basic virtue of “Hidden Figures” (which opens on December 25th), and it’s a formidable one, is to proclaim with a clarion vibrancy that, were it not for the devoted, unique, and indispensable efforts of three black women scientists, the United States might not have successfully sent people into space or to the moon and back.It's Monday 5/22! What Are You Reading?.It's Monday 5/29! What Are You Reading?.Is currently out on DVD or you can rent it (streaming) on Amazon for The acting - as you might guess from theĪll-star cast - is outstanding, and the three lead actresses areĮspecially affecting in their performances. It is uplifting and moving to see each of them break throughīarriers to achieve her goals. Stunning to see, especially since these events occurred only about 60 The open discrimination these talented women faced is In 2015, the real Katherine Johnson,Īt age 97, was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by It's a wonderful movie, all the more powerful because it is true. Their own struggles and climb their own mountains. Is at the center of the movie, we also see Mary and Dorothy deal with Strength, perseverance, and dignity are inspirational. ![]() Least of which was being invisible to their white coworkers, but their Rest of the computers as well) faced significant challenges, not the All three of the main women (and, I'm sure, the Stunning, horrifying, glorious story of overcoming obstacles andĪchieving your dreams. Hesitant to give her credit where due, though her supervisor, Al,Įventually sees her talent and supports her. Her co-worker, Paul Stafford, played by Jim Parsons, is particularly Miles across campus and back to use the only black women's restroom. Work, including horrible discrimination from her white male co-workers,įrom not being able to drink from their coffee pot to having to walk for Despite Katherine's brilliance, she encountered huge obstacles at Man into orbit and dozens of other missions during her long career with John Glenn back home safely from the first Mercury mission that put a Trajectories, launch windows, and return paths were critical in getting The movie - their personal lives, their careers, and their struggles -īut Katherine is at the center of the film. The best mathematician available and was surprised to see Katherine, a Supervisor of the group, Al Harrison, played by Kevin Costner, requested Up with the Russians in getting a man into space and back. To the main group of scientists and engineers who are working to catch Katherine - still just as brilliant as in her childhood - gets moved up Herself, but she's not allowed to take the necessary night classesīecause the local high school where they are held is for whites only. Tapped to assist a group of engineers and yearns to be an engineer She doesn't get the title - or the salary - of supervisor. Mitchell, played by Kirsten Dunst, won't recognize her as such, so Is the de facto leader of the group, though her superior, the white Octavia Spencer, also work as computers with Katherine. Jackson, played by Janelle Monae, and Dorothy Vaughan, played by Support a whole team of engineers trying to conquer the space race. Katherine grows up to work at the new governmentĪgency NASA, as a "computer," one of a roomful of black women who toilĪway in the basement doing the mathematical calculations necessary to Place in a prestigious school, years ahead of her peers and supported by Girl in West Virginia who is a math whiz. Katherine Johnson, played beautifully by Taraji P. ![]() Never heard of them before? That's the whole point of Vital role in the space program in its early years, despite rampantĭiscrimination. Story of the team of female African-American mathematicians who served a Is an adaptation of the book of the same name, based on the real-life It was just as good as I'd heard and earned every Last weekend, my husband and I rented Hidden Figuresįrom Redbox, a movie I've been dying to see since it was released in So, it's Movie Monday, despite what the calendar says! Besides, I have a backlog of movie reviews to writeĪnd nothing new to review on TV, and I already wrote a TV Tuesday post on the summer shows I am looking forward to. Yes, I know it is Tuesday.but it FEELS like Monday because of the ![]()
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