People become stupid enough to be unimaginable if they become prejudiced. There is no way to save those who are in the frame of false perception. Until they realize themselves, they have another form of barbarism. They discriminate against unfair reasons, violate human rights, and do not respect others. It would be fine if the atmosphere of society does not support such barbarism, but what if there were a large number of people with such prejudices?
The film 'Hidden Figures' is based on the American society of the times when there were many racial prejudices. So there are various barbaric social images. There are restrooms for colored and even coffee pots are divided between white and black. Even if they do the same, black people do not get the treatment of a white man, and promotion can not dream. This discrimination continues on buses, on the streets, and in public institutions.
In this age, the three main characters, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson, are black and female. They work for NASA, where the best people in the United States come together. Catherine was a genius mathematician, Dorothy was a programmer, Mary wanted an engineer, but NASA was not a different situation, so they had to face racial prejudice and discrimination. Could they have overcome all of this and achieved their dreams?
NASA is facing a crisis when Gagarin of the Soviet Union succeeded in the spacewalk when the US and Soviet space rivalry were fierce. NASA enters a new space orbit project but suffers from several challenges. The enemy lies inside rather than outside in all ages. At that time, the United States was anchored in internal irrational prejudices rather than external enemies and the Soviet Union. Catherine, Dorothy, and Mary challenge this boldly.
Al Harrison (Kevin Costner), who was the general manager of the project, begins to see Catharine's skills and start using it. However, he begins to realize that the organization of NASA is too erratic to use the capacity of this black mathematician. She has to use the restroom 800m away from work. Knowing this, he break down the sign of toilet for colored with his own hand. This is the core scene of this movie. What NASA needed in order to utilize Katharine's genius was to apply the very simple common sense of the same person, black or white, to his work.
Since then, Catherine has demonstrated her innate genius to succeed NASA's spacecraft project. Dorothy and Mary also challenge their prejudices in their fields and achieve results. The subject of the movie is the thing we have seen a lot and it is almost obvious, but the size of the touch is rather big. Overcoming prejudice is an unfinished task, and it is a continuing struggle.
Because the subject is so serious, the director seems to have been careful not to treat this material too heavily. Though it is cruelty discrimination, three black women are not so sparse. They are bold and pleasant. They do not stop joking about all kinds of discrimination, they are full of excitement and do not hesitate to love. Is not human's progress made by these people? People who know how to take a cruel reality as a humor. So the feeling after watching the movie is neat. It is a quality movie that can be seen easily.
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