This is the story of three black female mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race. The title of the movie was translated into Spanish as “Figuras Ocultas”, while in English, “Hidden Figures” has many layers of meaning, it may represent the women who were literally hidden in a separate office in the west computing area, but it may also refer to the worked they did. They calculated figures, numbers which helped put astronauts into space.
Courage is one of the words that may describe these women, and this courage speaks to their fearlessness, their tenacity and their brilliance. When we wake up every day, we wake up to obstacles to overcome, just in that day. Well, these women had to overcome many obstacles and they never complained, they just were “courageous”. They were pioneers and paved the way for other women who had the right to speak out and enjoyed a more equal society.
I selected one scene that may reveal how unfair their daily life was to them…
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