kberson t1_jdv1xh4 wrote
Hidden Figures, it tells the story of the African-American mathematicians who helped put John Glenn into orbit.
cardamom_peonies t1_jdwcg1p wrote
To put a bit of a caveat on this one, there's definitely a bit of whitewashing. I think one of the white dude upper brass types in the movie is shown going to bat a fair bit for the women against his colleagues but iirc, that definitely didn't happen irl and it seems like they really had to wrangle with ugly office politics more than was shown in order to get taken seriously.
Like, it's a cool movie about a chapter in the history of space flight that definitely doesn't get as much attention as it should, but I saw it and looked it up the historical details afterwards and it definitely made me question some of the choices the script writer and director went for to make it more palatable, I guess, to general audiences?
HeartsPlayer721 t1_jdwpuzb wrote
I really like this movie the first time I saw it. But I was so disappointed when I read about how inaccurate it was. Some of the best parts were made up. Very disappointing and haven't been interested in watching it since.
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