2016 · drama · biography
Hidden Figures
Directed by Theodore Melfi2h 7m2016
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Our read: Hidden Figures (2016) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- redemptive
- tender
Watching Hidden Figures tonight? Spin for your lens.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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