When Harrison invites his subordinates to solve a complex mathematical equation, Katherine develops the solution, leaving him impressed. He later apologizes, and begins spending time with Katherine and her three daughters. Jim Johnson at a barbecue, but she is disappointed when he voices skepticism about women's mathematical abilities. Despite her husband's opposition Mary decides to file a petition for permission to attend class at Hampton High School. She would need additional certification courses but these are offered only at the all-white nearby Hampton High School.
When she submits her application she is told by Mitchell that despite her mathematics and physical science degree she will never be an engineer at NASA. Mary receives encouragement from her team leader, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, to apply for an official NASA engineer position. Meanwhile, Mitchell informs Dorothy that she will not be promoted, as there are no plans to assign a "permanent supervisor for the colored group". Mary is assigned to the space capsule heat shield team where she immediately identifies a design flaw. Katherine's new colleagues are initially dismissive and demeaning, especially head engineer Paul Stafford. She becomes the first black woman on the team. Supervisor Vivian Mitchell assigns Katherine to assist Al Harrison's Space Task Group, given her skills in analytic geometry. They are all African American women: the unit is segregated by race and sex.įollowing the successful Soviet launch of Yuri Gagarin, pressure to send American astronauts into space increases. In 1961, mathematician Katherine Goble works as a human computer in the West Area Computers division of the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, alongside her colleagues, aspiring engineer Mary Jackson and their unofficial acting-supervisor Dorothy Vaughan. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson, with Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, and Mahershala Ali in supporting roles. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. It is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. What the film not do well in was that there was a civil rights march in 1961 when in reality there was the civil rights march in year 1963. What the film do so well was interpret the truth of the true discrimination that was given towards the women and the racial features that was given out towards the “different” people. Last but not least, Mary Jackson had become the very first, as well, African-American aeronautical engineer at NASA. Not only that, but Dorothy had become the very first African-American Supervisor at NASA and was known to be one of the most brilliant minds at NASA, for the frontier electronic computing. Also, John Glenn was the very first person to orbit around the earth. Johnson was a mathematician and calculated the math for the orbitation of the Friendship 7. What is historically accurate from this film is the fact that Katherine G.
In this movie, they wouldn’t dare to back down, no matter the cause.
Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson- fought back for their rights. Basically how these three women- Katherine G.
This movie was not just based on how people discriminate women but also about the racial segregation.