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01 Introduction
02 Analysis of the Events
03 Creative Elements

04 Opinions
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Introduction
The movie “Hidden Figures” was produced on
March 27, 2016, written by Margot Lee Shetterly. It
was shooted in Atlanta, Georgia, including East
Point, Canton, Monroe, Columbus, and Madison,
directed and produced by Theodore Mefli. Then, it
was officially released on January 6, 2017. It has 37
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Summary
Hidden Figures (2016, directed by Theodore Melfi) is a film that would simultaneously encourage and
make the audience infuriated about the injustices that African-American women suffered in their
professional and personal lives. The primary protagonists, Katherine Goble, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy
Vaughan, were all employed at NASA and saw numerous prospects for career advancement; but, their
employers and coworkers did not provide these women sympathy or appreciation since they were all
African-American. In scenes involving "colored" bathrooms, Katherine and her boss Al Harrison will be key
characters in the analysis. Both arguments will be based on Bonevac's approach of first stating a
statement, then offering evidence, and then concluding. Depending on the events depicted in the film,
mainly two rebuttals will be advanced in the essay. While the women's workmates at NASA recognized
their prospects and worked to eradicate discrimination that obstructed African-American women from
being treated as equals to other members of the staff, the film distorted some real-life events and painted
an image of NASA as an inclusive workplace (run by white men) where women of color could succeed.
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Mary Jackson had to file in

court in order for her to be
accepted in a university.
MARY JACKSON
The reason for her having portrayed by Janelle Monae

to enroll is because she

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applicating to become an
engineer.
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Dorothy and the other

colored women in working
in the west computing DOROTHY VAUGHAN
portrayed by Octavier
group as computer (IBM) Spencer

having temporary and

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Katherine was
KATHERINE G.
treated differently JOHNSONS
spite of having the
portrayed by Taraji P. Henson

same tasks to
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Mandy Walker, the cinematography director on the movie, oversaw the film's
cinematography. Walker chose to film Hidden Figures on celluloid film material rather
than the now-common digital format in order to portray the story of the mathematicians
as authentically as possible. She spent hours poring over images from the time taken by
Civil Rights photographer Danny Lyon, a young Gordon Parks, and Saul Leiter, the founder
of the so-called "New York School," known for its lush, vibrant street scenes. She
immersed herself in the visual iconography of the early 1960s. She also created two
separate visual settings for the movie to exist in while filming at Morehouse College in
Atlanta, Georgia, which was dressed by production designer Wynn Thomas to imitate
NASA headquarters. They installed small lamps on the desktops because the fluorescent
lighting in the large modern atmosphere has a bad quality.
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plot like from discrimination to equality, femininity

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and acceptance of African-American women
especially in the field of Science and Mathematics
is highly appreciated of me. The decision to
include those scenes and show the reality side or

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the main issue that the movie wanted to tell is I
think a brilliant way to educate the viewers as well
and become aware what was happened before
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that made who we are now in the present.

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