“Hidden Figures” is a historical drama which is based on a true story.

The movie is based on

Margot Lee Shetterly's nonfiction work of the same name. The film was released on December 25, 2016
and was directed by Theodore Melfi. This movie is the story of the three black women, Katherine G.
Johnson who was played by Taraji P. Henson, Dorothy Vaughan, a character played by Octavia Spencer,
and Janelle Monae, as Mary Jackson. The setting of the film was set in Virginia in 1961 where the three
women, all with children, worked at NASA. The beginning of the movie shows an excellent child, a
genius in mathematics, Katherine Hudson, was referred to and was given a full scholarship to a school,
however, the school is only for black people, and due to this, there are plenty of limitations.
The gender roles that I have noticed in the movie are just like any other, where women also take
care of their child. Aside from this, I also noticed that during this time, engineering is only limited to men
and that men also expect women to not be working at NASA as computers. Another is Mary Johnson was
told that there was a spot for engineering by her boss who was a Jewish man, however, at first Mary
refused saying that she is a woman and aside from that she is black, as stated earlier, during this time,
engineering is mostly limited for men, and that her color also affects her position in this matter. Despite
her refusal, her boss, the Jewish man, still encouraged her to join because of her talent and intelligence.
Afterwards, Mary Jackson filed a petition when she was discriminated against in the school for white
people, due to the fact that she is a woman and aside from that is black. Another scene that shows a
discussion of gender roles was when Katherine first met and first talked to the Colonel and that the
colonel kind of discriminated against Katherine regarding her job due to the fact that she is a woman.
Katherine on this scene then showed the man that she is more than what he thinks and told him her
achievements in life as a woman.
In conclusion, the movie was overall great and strongly gave an emotional impact to me,
especially by the fact that it shows oppression and limitations when it comes to the black community and
also the discrimination in women. Though, I also love the character development of the supporting
characters who slowly opened their minds and hearts for them. I believe that they should create more
movies like these in order for us to see, feel and understand how cruel discrimination on genders and
colors hurts.