Film

Hidden Figures

Name: Hidden Figures
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2016
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst

A crowd-pleasing true story about three Black women mathematicians whose brilliance quietly powered NASA's early space missions. It's polished, warm and briskly paced, mixing Cold War tension with office politics and dignity-under-pressure drama. Costner, Spencer, Henson and Monáe make competence look thrilling. Ideal for anyone who wants history that feels triumphant rather than punishing, and doesn't mind a Hollywood gloss on real struggle.

TMDb rating

8.0

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