Hidden Figures
Project LEARN Category
L- Listen
E- Educate
A- Acknowledge
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
History
Racism
Movie Details
Director: Theodore Melfi
Release Year: 2016
Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes
Rating: PG
Movie Synopsis
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.