Hidden Figures

Year: 2016
Country: USA
Director: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kirsten Dunst, Kevin Kostner
Genre: drama, biography
Runtime: 127 min.
Age: 12+

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.

Awards & Festivals:

Academy Award Nomination - Best Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globe Award Nomination - Best Supporting Actress, Best Score
Sattellite Award - Best Ensemble
BAFTA Award Nomination - Best Adapted Screenplay
Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Ensemble
Hollywood Film Award - Best Production Design, Spotlight Award
National Board of Review Award - Best Ensemble
Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Ensemble Award
Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Virtuoso Award
Women Film Critics Circle Award - Best Film about Women, Best Female Images in a Movie, Best Female Ensemble, Invisible Women Award
etc.