This advice is passed to Glenn, who's having a bumpy ride and soon reports that the capsule is growing very hot. With stunning performances and a powerful storyline, this DVD is perfect for anyone who loves drama and wants to be inspired. Also, the film's principal actors (Henson, Spencer, Monáe and Parsons), director (Melfi), producer/musical creator (Williams), and other non-profit outside groups have offered free screenings to Hidden Figures at several cinema locations around the world. The minifigures planned for inclusion in the set were Katherine Johnson, computer scientist Margaret Hamilton; astronaut, physicist and educator Sally Ride; astronomer Nancy Grace Roman; and astronaut and physician Mae Jemison (who is also African American). After the film's development was announced, actresses considered to play the lead roles included Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Taraji P.

When it falls, he says from now on, there will be no segregation of bathrooms: "Here at NASA, we all pee the same color. Johnson gained access to editorial meetings as of 1958 simply through persistence, not because one particular meeting was critical. When Vivian notes that they're short on computer programmers, Dorothy reveals that she has become proficient in FORTRAN, and she's been teaching the computers in her group about FORTRAN and the IBM machine. Among its many achievements, Octavia Spencer was particularly lauded for her portrayal of Dorothy Vaughan and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

S. Department of State on the third annual "Hidden No More" exchange program, which was inspired by the film and brings to the United States 50 women from around the world who have excelled in STEM careers such as spacecraft engineering, data solutions and data privacy, and STEM-related education.

I have to wonder sometimes just how many surprising stories NASA holds about the early and intermediate space days, past the ones we know about. The male engineers in the observation room shout that her life is not worth a shoe so she abandons it and joins the engineers behind the glass. Perspective | For 16-year-old Black girl nerds, it's good that Katherine Johnson is no longer hidden".

You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other site connected to this site or accessed through this site yourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. Hidden Figures was released on Digital HD on March 28, 2017, and Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD on April 11, 2017. The film itself garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture and several nominations its screenplay (including for the Oscar and BAFTA), soundtrack and score. The color palette looks vibrant and has no saturation problems, DNR is held to a minimum as well as haloing.