02034cam a2200385 4500 289657889 TxAuBib 20170413120000.0 170306s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 024543275329 $17.99 (OCoLC)974652637 TxAuBib Hidden Figures [Motion picture]. DVD. Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2017. 1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge. As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language. 20170413. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officials and employees Drama. Women mathematicians United States Drama. African American women Drama. African American mathematicians Drama. Space race Drama. Historical films. Biographical films. Henson, Taraji P., actor. Spencer, Octavia, actor. Costner, Kevin., actor. Dunst, Kirsten, 1982-, actor. Parsons, Jim, 1973-, actor.