‘Hidden Figures’ Exemplifies MLK’s Famous Quote
February 8, 2017
The movie “Hidden Figures” is a wonderfully untold non-fiction story written by Margot Lee Shetterly about three brilliant “colored” women working in key positions at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the dark Jim Crow era. The main characters – Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) – served on a team of brains for the historical launching of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Directed by Theodore Melfi who co-wrote the script with Allison Schroeder, some of the scenes and portrayals may have been a little glossy and imbalanced as