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Synopsis Of The Film 'Hidden Figures'
The movie, Hidden Figures, was a very interesting film to watch. This story reallytouches on many important themes of American history. The film stars Katherine Johnson who was working in the West Area Computer division of the Langley Research Center in Hampton Virginia, Mary Jackson is working hard to become an engineer, and Dorothy Vaughan who is their unofficial supervisor. A large political competition was ensuing. Both the Americans and the Russians were in what was known as the “Space Race”, both sides determined to beat the other. As the Russians began to progress, they began to get the edge on the United States. They beat us with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin. The Americans did send someone into space but there was much pressure on beating …show more content…
She explains that she leaves to go to the bathroom. However, since there is no colored bathrooms in the building, she would have to walk over half a mile to go relieve herself. Her choice of words, “There is no bathroom, There are no colored bathrooms inthis building, or any building outside the west campus, which is half a mile away. Did you knowthat?” helps emphasize the idea that he may not have known, but even if he did, he would notunderstand. There is no way for him to really understand the sexism or the racism that Katherineor any other colored woman had experienced during that time, but there was nothing she could do. She kept her thoughts to herself and she would walk over half a mile just to use the restroom, but when confronted about being a bad worker, she goes off, because she has workedhard. They all end up playing important roles and although their efforts do not pay off immediately, it does show that working hard does in fact lead to a good reward. Katherine helps to fix discrepancies in the calculations for the landing coordinates of a

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