Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama movie directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Plot
It is about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.

Cast
The movie stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson. The movie also stars Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson.

Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge and Glen Powell also star in supporting roles.

Release
Hidden Figures had a limited release on December 25, 2016, by 20th Century Fox, before going wide in the United States on
January 6, 2017. It had strong positive reviews and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten movies of 2016.

References

Category:2016 drama movies
Category:2010s biographical movies
Category:African-American movies
Category:American biographical movies
Category:American drama movies
Category:Movies based on books
Category:Movies composed by Hans Zimmer
Category:Movies composed by Benjamin Wallfisch