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Script for Interdisciplinary: Hidden Figures

Emilie, Bridget, Abby

VIDEO AUDIO
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TAKE CAMERA 2 HOST 1: Good afternoon, I’m Emilie

READY CAMERA 1 HOST 2: and I’m Bridget. Welcome to this


episode of Critic’s Corner.

TAKE CAMERA 1 HOST 1: Today we’ll be discussing the


history behind Hidden Figures, the true story
READY CAMERA 3 of three African American women who helped
launch the first American man into space.

TAKE CAMERA 3 HOST 2: The film discusses many important


aspects of the 1960s, including workplace
READY CAMERA 2 segregation, the lack of job opportunities for
women and the Space Race against the
Soviet Union.
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HOST 1: In the scene we’re about to show
you, Katherine Johnson, one of the
groundbreaking women working at NASA,
attempts to join a Pentagon briefing about the
rocket launch coordinates.

HOST 2: However, a colleague protests this


READY CLIP 1 because Katherine is a women and doesn’t
have government clearance.

ROLL CLIP 1

READY CAMERA 2 HOST 1: Similar to other women in the era,


TAKE CAMERA 2 Katherine Johnson is denied opportunities
because of her gender.

READY CAMERA 3 HOST 2: The film demonstrates the


TAKE CAMERA 3 marginalization of women in the workplace,
especially in the scientific and mathematical
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HOST 1: The three main characters also
experience racial discrimination during the
preparation for the rocket launch. Mary
Jackson, an aspiring engineer, petitions a
READY CAMERA 2 judge in order to attend classes at a nearby
all-white school.
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HOST 2: These classes are necessary for
Mary to earn a spot in the engineer program,
and as she explains in the following clip, Mary
READY CLIP 2 would be the first women to become a NASA
engineer.
ROLL CLIP 2

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HOST 1: Hidden Figures portrays racial
TAKE CAMERA 2 segregation during the 1960s, and the
difficulties that African Americans faced when
READY CAMERA 3 attempting to advance in the workplace.

TAKE CAMERA 3 HOST 2: In this final movie clip, Katherine


Johnson is accused of spying on NASA for
the Soviet Union. This reflects the suspicion
of Russian infiltration into the United States
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ROLL CLIP 3

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TAKE CAMERA 1 HOST 1: During the 1960s, NASA raced to


send the first manned shuttle into space as a
part of the Space Race. This competition was
part of the Cold War between the United
READY CAMERA 2 States and the Soviet Union, in an effort to
prove technological superiority.
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HOST 2: Thanks for watching, guys! Tune in
next time to watch another episode of Critic’s
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