Set in the early 1960s, the film captures the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The protagonists face a dual struggle: they are marginalized for their race in a segregated Virginia and overlooked for their gender in the male-dominated field of aeronautics.
: A self-taught programmer who became NASA’s first African-American supervisor. subtitle Hidden Figures (2016)
The 2016 film Hidden Figures serves as a powerful testament to the brilliance and resilience of three African-American women—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—who were instrumental in NASA's success during the Space Race. The title itself acts as a poignant double entendre, referring both to the complex mathematical "figures" they calculated and the "hidden" status of the women themselves within a segregated society. The Intersection of Race and Gender Set in the early 1960s, the film captures