Review of "Hidden Figures"

Katherine G. Johnson Amazing Her Co-Workers

          Hidden Figures is a film about three African-American women, all highly intelligent in their respected areas, who work for NASA in the 1960's during the space race against the Russians. While working for NASA Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson show self-discipline and perseverance to achieve the "impossible".

          This film is now ranked among the top movies on my most favorite list. The will-power and strength of the main character, Katherine, made me experience this movie in a different way I would others. During emotionally tense scenes she had me so deeply engaged that I would literally talk to my screen. I would say things like, "How dare you do that" or "You Idiot" to the white males that would disrespect Katherine. An example of one of these incidences is when Paul Stafford, the leading male engineer, gave Katherine papers to check over and said that this is, "a dummy check." This just goes to show how African-American women were treated during this time period. I also loved how the other two women, Dorothy and Mary, displayed resilience in getting the jobs that were rightfully theirs. Dorothy wanted to be the supervisor of the West Area Computers and Mary wanted to become an aerospace engineer. At first they were both denied the opportunities for their dream jobs, but after further determination they were able to achieve the "impossible." This proves that no matter what society sets the bar at you can always break through it and prove them wrong. They believed in themselves and fought for what was theirs. Ever since my early preschool years I was taught to treat everyone from all races and cultures with respect because no matter where we come from we all pee the same color.