Hidden Figures
Directed by Theodore Melfi
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big. From TMDB
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Hidden Figures grossed $169.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $66.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $236 million, against a production budget of $25 million. Domestically, Hidden Figures was the highest-grossing Best Picture nominee at the 89th Academy Awards. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $95.55 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it one of the top twenty most profitable release of 2016. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 325 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "In heartwarming,…
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60 of 319 · most liked firstWith #Artemis2 still in our minds, we sat down this evening to finally watch Hidden Figures. What a fantastic movie and inspirational story, everyone should give it a watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Mathematician & NASA human computer Katherine Johnson was born #OTD in 1918. She was instrumental in the success of the first US manned spaceflights, calculating complex trajectories enabling humans to reach orbit & land on the moon. Her story was told in Hidden Figures (book/movie). #WomenInSTEM
neutral · AI labelView post →This is perhaps not an ideal time for NASA to have redefined its primary mission as "track down and destroy all copies of the movie Hidden Figures".
neutral · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures, a beautiful movie about the heroic computerboys who sent some anonymous nothings to space.
positive · AI labelView post →Day 2 Women’s History Month Until the movie “Hidden Figures” was released, many of us had never heard of the brilliant Katherine Johnson. She as a brilliant mathematician helping get NASA astronauts get the moon and back. Her specialty was calculating trajectories for Alan Shepard & John Glenn
neutral · AI labelView post →Today in Black History: On Feb. 24, 2020, scientist and mathematician Katherine Johnson died. She calculated trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo missions. She was portrayed in the movie “Hidden Figures.” She broke racial and gender barriers. #BlackHistoryMonth
neutral · AI labelView post →NASA mathematician, programmer & manager Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA) in 1949. Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson & Mary Jackson inspired the book/film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1910. #WomenInSTEM
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's December Comfort Watch: Hidden Figures, a film that told me a story I didn't know before, within the limits of the ability of Hollywood to tell history at all, both as a matter of drama and as a matter of reaching a general audience: whatever.scalzi.com/2023/12/19/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →So I suggested several films they'd never seen to my sons (including True Lies and Gremlins), and to my surprise, they chose Hidden Figures (2016). Which is perfect timing for International Women's Day! 👌 Everyone loved it. This was an opportunity to explain segregation, racism, and orbits. 😁
positive · AI labelView post →Aerospace engineer & "human computer" Mary Winston Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer in 1958. Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, inspired the book and film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1921. www.nasa.gov/people/mary-... #WomenInSTEM
neutral · AI labelView post →ICYMI Movie name: “HIDDEN FIGURES”
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night I watched a great film, it was called 'Hidden Figures' about three absolutely wonderful African American women mathematicians/engineers they played a pivotal role in getting John Glenn into orbit & back home. Katherine G Johnson Dorothy Vaughan Mary Jackson. Amazing story!
positive · AI labelView post →There's a scene in the movie Hidden Figures (2016) in which the character Katherine explains to her boss why it takes her half an hour to use a bathroom facility, because she has to walk across the NASA campus to reach one that she's allowed to use. +
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone remember the movie "Hidden Figures," the real-life story of three African American women mathematicians who played pivotal roles in the launching of astronaut John Glenn into orbit? They had to deal with racial and gender discrimination. These women were geniuses!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Is that the lady depicted in Hidden Figures? An utterly brilliant film and an incredible trio of humans...RIP Katherine Goble Johnson 💚
positive · AI labelView post →Mary W. Jackson, a Hampton native, became the first African American woman engineer at NASA in 1958. There, she supported space missions, including the first moon landing. Her barrier-breaking career was chronicled in the book and film “Hidden Figures,” and in 2021, the NASA HQ was named after her.
neutral · AI labelView post →The film “Hidden Figures” depicts the journey of three women. Mary Jackson is one of them. She was NASA’s first Black female engineer. Her work was pivotal in the space race. NASA’s HQ in Washington bears her name. She broke barriers in aerospace transforming wind tunnel research. Great legacy!
neutral · AI labelView post →Love this from @edyong209.bsky.social 👇 A new study that looks at uncredited contributions of #WomeninSTEM to genetics research was inspired by the film "Hidden Figures". How scientists are portrayed in society matters; the stories we tell matter. #WomeninScience #scicomm #movies 🧪
neutral · AI labelView post →I would add “Hidden Figures” to this list too actually very much a Math Paperwork movie
positive · AI labelView post →True, this was illustrated in the movie Hidden Figures at aerospace installations. The POC bathrooms were very far away.
neutral · AI labelView post →HIDDEN FIGURES was not a hugely memorable movie overall but one thing it did very well and very viscerally was to show that access to a bathroom is not some marginal or symbolic thing but actually an extremely important thing you need at work
neutral · AI labelView post →In this thread, I'll explain why The Six Triple Eight is Tyler Perry's most *checks notes* "Spielbergian" film. OK, I'm kidding about a thread, and no, it's not...I mean...but... The thing is, this movie is really good. Hidden Figures set during World War II. Great cast! youtu.be/99a49v61QCE?...
positive · AI labelView post →The movie Hidden Figures never fails to make me cry. I remember wanting to quit engineering right when that movie got released and it became my motivation to finish college and pursue engineering. I’m so happy to call myself an engineer
positive · AI labelView post →Take the movie Hidden Figures. I was over 60 years old when I learned how Black female mathematicians were critical in the early space program. In 2nd grade, we sat in the gym watching launches, dreaming of being astronauts. Both we and our Black classmates should have learned about that.
positive · AI labelView post →My 8th grader is watching Hidden Figures in school today — math and science teachers teamed up so they could finish the whole movie. A good way to end #WomensHistoryMonth
neutral · AI labelView post →This mathematician’s story remained hidden even after the book and movie “Hidden Figures”! 🧪🔭 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHero Chalk artwork from a sidewalk festival. The artwork is depicting the film “Hidden Figures,” which is about three African-American women who were essential to the success of Nasa's space flights. #EastCoastKin #HiddenFigures #NASA
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Hidden Figures (16) - Powerful and Inspiring Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (09) - Oh Shinji, you done fucked up. Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (12) - Rocking that eye patch Asuka The Evil Dead (81) - That's no place for a pencil to be
positive · AI labelView post →Just rewatched Hidden Figures—an incredible film that highlights the brilliance of Black women whose contributions were ignored because of racism. Their stories were buried for too long, and now some are trying to erase them again. We can’t let that happen. #HiddenFigures #HistoryMatters
positive · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures was an amazing film what utterly inspirational women
positive · AI labelView post →She was a great figure. Katherine Johnson a tremendous mathematician died in February, 2020. About six years ago. She was 101 years old. Hidden Figures is a great movie about the women of color who contributed to NASA behind the scenes. More women and POC in math and science should be celebrated
positive · AI labelView post →When I heard that statement following the Blue Origin flight, my first reaction was bollocks! How uninformed and insulting. Rewriting history for the love of God. What about the hundreds women performing calculations for the Apollo missions, the subject of The Hidden Figures movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1️⃣4️⃣: A musical artist who has also acted in a film 🗣 Janelle Monáe ft. Big Boi 🔊 Tightrope [🎞️ Hidden Figures, Antebellum, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the movie Hidden Figures if you want to see inspiring women working at NASA. Quick, before it’s banned.
positive · AI labelView post →I screen HIDDEN FIGURES on Tuesday for my little local film club. It was great to see it right now! The heat shield issue yesterday was worrisome!
positive · AI labelView post →The Katherine Johnson alt text got cut off. Katherine Johnson was the mathematician and computer that calculated the orbital mechanics needed to land someone on the moon. She's the 1962 Black woman played by Taraji Henson in the movie Hidden Figures. In 2025, she would have been DOGE'd already.🤷🏿♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's movie recommendation is "Hidden Figures". This is an amazing movie that tells the story of the real life Black Women who worked at NASA and whose intellects and talents helped us put a man in orbit. A brilliant film on every level. #Movies
positive · AI labelView post →I am watching "Hidden Figures" right now, a movie about 3 African American women who worked at NASA and provided the calculations to get John Glenn his first ride into space, it deals with racism, sexism and is inspirational. Watch it. www.imdb.com/title/tt4846...
positive · AI labelView post →Juneteenth movie marathon: Get Out Friday The Photograph Higher Learning The Serpent and the Rainbow Us Do the Right Thing Hidden Figures They Cloned Tyrone Juice Chiraq Malcolm X Boyz N The Hood Judas & The Black Messiah Sinners
neutral · AI labelView post →Taraji P. Henson played Katherine Johnson in the masterful movie, Hidden Figures. Respect!👇
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm getting a lot of inspiration from watching the movie Hidden Figures this morning. When you're down, find inspiration from those whose lives were always that way. Then think about those less fortunate & work toward making progress. You are the change! #resist #LFG
positive · AI labelView post →I was so very peopled out today that I hid in my hotel room tonight and watched a movie. In keeping with “Lynne watches things she missed in 2016,” Hidden Figures was very enjoyable.
positive · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures also spotlights the women who were the original source code for space travel. A beautiful film.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie "Hidden Figures" is also a great reminder that DEI was the reason we made it to the moon during Apollo
positive · AI labelView post →I've watched "Hidden Figures" so many times, its such a great story and a great movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Fortunately the enlightening movie "Hidden Figures" showed the real fotos of all the ppl at the end. And you're right, that is not Katherine nor even the actor who played her. Why would they do that?
positive · AI labelView post →Go watch the movie Hidden Figures (2016) if you haven't yet.
positive · AI labelView post →Jackson earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physical science in 1942, and went to work for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, predecessor to NASA. She was among the African American women who did complex calculations as depicted in the book and film “Hidden Figures.” /2
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, I recently watched the movie "Hidden Figures" and I think that movie is more important than ever right now.
positive · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures was our family movie night option for this week. It’s such a good movie. We have seen it about 6 times and my kids have no problem watching it again tonight. #womeninstem 🧑🏻🔬
positive · AI labelView post →Great movie - Hidden Figures - I had no idea these woman existed and performed that math BY HAND in the early NASA days. Amazing.
positive · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures is a biographical film about 3 brilliant African-American female mathematicians—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—who worked at NASA during the Space Race and overcame racial and gender discrimination to play crucial roles in the launch of John Glenn into orbit.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hidden Figures. That movie exposed separate facilities for whites and blacks at NASA as well.
positive · AI labelView post →Weil es zum Thema passt: Ich habe gestern Abend den Film "Hidden Figures" gesehen und finde, er ist unbedingt empfehlenswert.
positive · AI labelView post →#filmsky #junemoviechallenge Day 11 - a civil rights movie Hidden Figures (2016)
neutral · AI labelView post →Interview with Production Designer Jeremy Woolsey (Pitch Perfect, Hidden Figures, The Holdovers) festivalreviews.org/2025/07/17/i... The Production Designer is the head of the department and lays out the visual look of the film (along with the DP and Director). The Art Director runs the department
neutral · AI labelView post →I think now’s a good time to recommend watching the movie Hidden Figures
positive · AI labelView post →I watched Hidden Figures as my MLK day celebratory movie!
positive · AI labelView post →This brings to mind the scene from the film 'Hidden Figures' where they had to go completely outside the building, across the Nasa compound, to another building to go to the one special toilet for black women every time they needed a pee
neutral · AI labelView post →I wonder how long this web page will survive...? Also go watch the great #film #HiddenFigures www.nasa.gov/from-hidden-...
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