January 19, 20179 yr Anyone else check this out yet? My wife, daughter and I took it in Monday afternoon. We all really enjoyed the movie, it was well made and told a story most Americans had never heard before. I have no idea how "accurate" it was, but the ladies depicted in the movie were all real ladies that contributed greatly to the efforts at NASA.
January 21, 20179 yr Anyone else check this out yet? My wife, daughter and I took it in Monday afternoon. We all really enjoyed the movie, it was well made and told a story most Americans had never heard before. I have no idea how "accurate" it was, but the ladies depicted in the movie were all real ladies that contributed greatly to the efforts at NASA. I saw this movie & would highly recommend. The accuracy-the filmmakers had an incredible amount of primary and secondary source material from which to get all the details right. Hidden Figures is based off of the nonfiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, written by historian Margot Lee Shetterly. Shetterly's book is fantastically well-researched, walking readers through the social and political world in which Johnson, Vaughan, and Jackson lived, and telling a detailed narrative of their lives and the work they accomplished. How Accurate Is 'Hidden Figures'? The Film Relies On True, Amazing Facts
January 21, 20179 yr Author I saw this movie & would highly recommend. The accuracy-the filmmakers had an incredible amount of primary and secondary source material from which to get all the details right. Hidden Figures is based off of the nonfiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, written by historian Margot Lee Shetterly. Shetterly's book is fantastically well-researched, walking readers through the social and political world in which Johnson, Vaughan, and Jackson lived, and telling a detailed narrative of their lives and the work they accomplished. How Accurate Is 'Hidden Figures'? The Film Relies On True, Amazing Facts Thanks
February 5, 20179 yr Saw it last night and highly recommend taking it in. Somewhat struck by the contrast of the old world of racial seperation and new world of space exploration. PS. Anyone who learns FORTRAN on on their own is awefully, awefully good at computers.
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