Summary Of The Movie Hidden Figures

Movies and entertainment outlets speak volumes about the current state of a nation’s culture. Cinematic creations in the United States allow small voices to be heard and controversial issues to be addressed. However, a repetitive and monumental issue continues to be addressed, yet continues to persist in our 21st century culture, racial inequalities. Since the inception of the United States, black men and women alike have been disenfranchised at the hands of the “white man” in America. Instead of continuing the conversation today, the issue is continually silenced referencing the successes and achievements of the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century. Nonetheless, an unfortunate reality looms upon this great land; racially based systems and structures continue to exist in 2015 the in United States. This paper synthesizes three films focused on racial inequalities in different time periods. Separate but Equal (1991), Selma (2015), and Crash (2005) illustrate how influential the Civil War amendments are, while serving as an uncanny reminder of how the racial prejudices during the 20th century continue to exist in our great nation today. Needless to say our nation has made great strides, but still has a long way to go.

Through the production of various films, an audience is given a glimpse or a rendition of what the world might be like during a specific time and place in history. It is through this we are able to gain insight and form opinions about the past and then make the corrective action about the future. Throughout this entirety of this class, we are shown that throughout different time periods there were ways in which gender, race, and class shaped and molded the foundations of our society. Ultimately these films helped us conclude that gender, race, and class are the foundations in which social interactions are built on and provide people with parameters on how to live and interact with one another. Embedded in different parts of society in the past

The film Hidden Figures is based on a true story and adapted from the book ‘Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race’ by Margot Lee Shetterly. The movie is centered around a trio of African-American women who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and played an essential role in sending John Glenn to space amidst a burgeoning Space Race between the United States of America and Russia. Based in Hampton, Virginia in the 1960’s, film depicts the deep racism and sexism prevalent in the United States at that time. The film provides a glimpse of the stark realities that black women faced at the time. From the segregated bathrooms and

The 2016 historical / drama film, Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi explores the themes of racism and sexism in America during the 1960’s. These themes expresses Theodore Melfi’s intention of this film is displaying that sexism and racism is hard to abolish. Melfi uses visual and verbal features of dialogue, costume and symbolism to contribute to the director’s intention.

Hidden Figures is a 2016 film that recounts the story of three incredible black women in NASA history: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. The film largely sheds light on the experiences of these three women working as computers for NASA during 1960s segregated America. Public restrooms are separated between the whites and coloreds, the white male patriarchy dominates the field, and as always, racism is alive and well. During the film, the political unrest of the country is present and very much of conversation, and as these three women navigate their way throughout society with positions no one expects them to hold, they quite literally make history through their groundbreaking work, history

Women’s marches. Civil Rights Movement. These historical events started with a little idea and a small category of people. At first, they weren’t as successful, but over time they became larger. Without that one idea and a group of people, the laws would not have been modified. In “Among the Hidden” Jen had the drive to alter the rules. She had risked everything in order to get equality. She did the correct thing by pursuing the rally because her issue would not have been shown, she would not have been an inspiration, and even though it didn’t turn out well she fought for what was right and never gave up.

MOVIE REVIEW Introduction Hidden Figure(2016) based on the untold true story directed by Theodore Melfi a movie that is pack with historical drama that succeeds at being as inspirational and adrenaline-filled where each character, scene and jokes firing on all cylinders to make a film worth repeated viewings. Summary It is in the early 1960's when United State was competing with Russia to become the first country to send man to circle the earth orbit for the first time in history. The story begin with Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn(Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson(Janelle Monàe) are three African American mathematicians that work at the West Area Computers division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Hidden Figures, a book about 3 African American women who overcame adversity, takes place in the mid 1960s. A time where racism was at its worst and poverty was in effect. The names were Katherine Goble, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, who were all 3 geniuses in their fields of study. Katherine was a math expert, Dorothy was a supervisor, and Mary was an engineer. During a time of racism, nobody would’ve imagined that 3 African American women, along with many more women, that they would work for N.A.S.A. These 3 women went through so many obstacles in their life. These 3 women are perfect examples of overcoming anything that stands in your way.

Progression in technology comes with progression of education. The movie “Hidden Figures” highlights the opportunities involved when intelligent, courageous women take strides to create the math to send astronauts to the moon. This movie is about three historical African American women who worked as “human computers” at the NASA Research Center in Langley, VA in the early 1960’s. Katherine Johnson (fellow mathematician), Dorothy Vaughn (programmer) and Mary Jackson (engineer), contributed to NASA space program to successfully send John Glenn, the first man to orbit around the earth, Project Mercury and later Apollo II mission. The film is a powerful reminder of the destructive consequences of discrimination. It holds important career lessons about how to manage and excel at work even under challenging circumstances.

Freedom and equalities are the undeniable rights of a person that were confirmed by God and the humanities. However, there is no easy way to have those rights , they are only deserved for the people who fight for it. Let’s take the film Hidden Figures as a good illustration for this point. The movie describes the three brilliant black women--Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan-- who worked in NASA and their fights to gain the respects from the white men with two factors: their talents and their character-traits.

Katherine G. Johnson, the main character in Hidden Figures, looked beyond through working long hard hours and easily tackling problems due to the color of her skin. Despite these obstacles, this woman strikes the viewers by constantly enjoying every second of her journey and remaining respectful to those who don’t return it. Johnson’s powerful dialogue discloses the confidence within herself and how content she is with her actions. Katherine Johnson knew who she was clearly stated in her line,” I don’t have a feeling of inferiority. Never had.

America is a country with rich history that through the ages has on many levels dealt with racial issues. Every history book will cover the enslavement of African people, the civil war and the civil rights movements. In the 1960’s the political turmoil would lead to achievements thought to be far from possible. During a time that America was at war within and outside the states, young adults across the nation were fighting for their human rights. In the film Hidden Figures there are depictions of these struggles within the African American community. However, the film not only pertains to the racism of the 1960’s, but also the current state of America in 2017. This is because in the 2010’s citizens have watched as movements and protest have taken place all across the nation in the same way the movements of the 1960’s did. The political turmoil over race that occurred the 1960’s is no different than the current state of America. With wage gaps, lower education levels, white supremacy, and protest what happened almost 60 years ago never disappeared.

“For the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line,” this was a statement made by W.E.B. Dubois in 1903, and it can be seen in many areas in today’s society with the film industry being amongst them. Many films have gone down the line of troubled youth needing a leader to guide them and in so many of these movies the troubled youth are from ethnic backgrounds. One film that shows the divide of race that is prevalent today is the film Dangerous Minds directed by John N. Smith in 1995. The film is loosely based on the book “My Posse Don’t Do Homework” by ex-Marine Lou Anne Johnson. The film comes off as a feel good, inspirational film that is supposed to encourage students and teachers not to give up when things seem rough in life, but it accomplishes this through false ideology. Analysis of this film through Critical Race Theory will show that pedagogy, the white savior approach, and race are misrepresented and promoted to further enhance white supremacy in the American culture.

In Hidden Figures the people at NASA are trying to solve a math problem, so they can send someone into space. They are in a race with the USSR to see who can get into space first. John Glenn is the man that would be going into space. He is putting his life in NASA’s hands. He preferred that the numbers/problems that would determine if he lived, worked out.

Through the use of cinematic techniques, Hidden figures, a movie directed by Theodore Melfi and Bend it like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha both explore the dangers that are inherent in a marginalised society. Each texts demonstrates that hope for change is needed in society as, hope can build the momentum for an individual to strive. Through these texts we see that people have no conscience about harming others until they learn the truth about their circumstances. This is depicted by the way in which Jess’s coach Joe behaves after learning about her cultural expectations in Bend it like Beckham. Similarly, this is shown in Hidden Figures by Mr Harrison. Both directors emphasise that the abuse of power leads to corruption and this can be