In a year of political incorrectness, “Hidden Figures” has to be the most politically correct film of the year. Based on a true story and adapted from the book by Margot Lee Shetterly, the film follows a group of African-American female mathematicians who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Since this was the early 1960s, and Jim Crow
Vitals: Director: Theodore
Melfi. Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin
Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen
Powell.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 127 min., Drama, Box office gross: $153.291
million, Fox.
Extras: “It All Adds Up – The Making of Hidden Figures” five-part featurette: “No Limits – The Life of Katherine Johnson,” “The Right People for the Job,” “Recreating an Era – The Look of Hidden Figures,” “A Spiritual Journey – The Music of Hidden Figures” and “Moving the Decimal – Honoring Katherine Johnson”: deleted scenes; “Hidden Figures: Filming in Georgia”: audio commentary by Theodore Melfi and Taraji P. Henson; gallery.
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