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Old 01-28-2017, 05:39 PM
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Default 4 Stars for Hidden Figures

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Hidden Figures (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes

Anyone seen this? Looks quite good. My U of MN Law School live-in girlfriend Jennifer V's best friend Sandy H., was a computer programmer at NASA here in Florida. Not sure if she is still there as Jennifer and I went our separate ways. Must be exciting to work for NASA.
Before computers were commonplace, humans did the computing. The inspiring story of 3 women of color who worked as human computers for NASA. The movie is set in 1961 in the early days of the space race between the USA and the Soviet Union. The acting is first class. Octavia Spencer deserves her Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. I think Taraji P. Henson should had gotten a Best Actress nomination. This is a movie you can take your granddaughters or younger female relatives to without hesitation.
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