Post by DADDY O on Mar 29, 2017 8:34:55 GMT
I just watched one of the best movies I have seen. It was certainly better than "La La Land", or any other crap that Hollywood gave awards to, and I don't remember if it was nominated for anything.
I love movies that are based on fact and have some history to them, and this is certainly one of them. Hidden Figures is the true story about three women who graduated from college and went to work for NASA in the early 1960's. Against all odds, and because they were women, they finally became recognized by NASA as some of the smartest brains in the world who were responsible for putting a man on the moon.
One was the best mathematician and could calculate difficult (very difficult) differential equations in her head.
The second woman educated herself, while at NASA, on computer technology and the associated FORTRAN language that went with the initial NASA computers. Something that the technicians at IBM could not do.
The third one, while at NASA, went to school at night to become the first female Aeronautical Engineer in the history of NASA.
All three of these women were prodigies in their own right.
Take a look at the Trailer:
www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/videoplayer/vi1121039897?ref_=tt_ov_vi
Oh..........did I forget to mention that this took place in the early 1960's? And that all three of these women had to overcome not only the prejudice of being a female, but the fact that they were also Black?
Sorry......................my BAD.
This movie should have won a dozen Oscars.
Watch it.......................you won't be disappointed.
