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Two great things from Hidden Figures have just arrived. The first is a great clip with Katherine Johnson meeting her new boss for the first time. The other is where JPL engineer, Tracy Drain talks about Katherine's legacy and what's…

We have been sent over two great pieces for Hidden Figures.  The first shows Katherine Johnson using her mathematical skills to calculate one of John Glenn's landing zones The second is the 'Modern Figures: Elena Poniatowska' featurette, where ex Journalist…

Another feature has hit for the upcoming, true, story of the women behind getting man into space.  These Hidden Figures were the African-American women who worked as "computers".  Checking the figures, coming up with the mathematics that helped America succeed…

It's the story of the hidden figures, the women, behind getting America into space.  The story that has been long forgotten as the men have taken over.  These women are as much heroes as the men who strapped themselves to…

Who were the women that managed to get man in orbit and to the moon? Hidden Figures is the story behind some of NASA's computers. Not the electronic ones. The ones that wore dresses & makeup! This is a great…

The first poster for the upcoming story of the Hidden Figures from the Space Race has arrived. It shows you who the real heroes of the story is.  The women who managed to get man into space and onto the…

Hidden Figures tells the true story of the female "computers" that helped land man on the moon.  From sitting in a room using adding machines to help design the orbital mechanics required for this incredible task. Their story isn't new…

A great clip from the upcoming Hidden Figures. This time we see one of the computers talking about what she does and why she shouldn't be looked down upon. https://youtu.be/2gorbs1_E60 "Yes, they let some women do some things at NASA,…

THE SECRET GARDEN tells the story of Mary Lennox, a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they die suddenly, she is sent back…

Set in the rural American South during World War II, Dee Rees' Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet…