How did Hidden Figures (2017 movie) get greenlit?

My enlightenment from this wonderful material also makes me curious to find out what else I have been missing. “Hidden Figures” has exposed me to the fact that I have been educated through filtered lenses for many years. That, I assume, is the movie serving its purpose. read more

The book came out in 2015 or 2016 and was a runaway best seller. It hit the shelves about the same time as the Glass Universe book and it was a bestseller, too.NASA is always looking for good human interest stories to help raise funding. read more

Hidden Figures follows the narrative formula of many sports movies. We get the injustice, the teasing, the dirty looks, the undervalued appreciation for their ability and then that come from behind moment where everyone is proven wrong. read more

Fact-checking the Hidden Figures movie confirmed that John Glenn personally requested that Katherine recheck the electronic computer's calculations for his February 1962 flight aboard the Mercury-Atlas 6 capsule Friendship 7—the NASA mission that concluded with him becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. read more