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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, r...

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Other Authors:	Melfi, Theodore (Screenwriter), Williams, Pharrell (composer (expression)), Schroeder, Allison (Screenwriter), Walker, Mandy, 1963- (director of photography.), Zimmer, Hans (composer (expression)), Wallfisch, Benjamin (composer (expression)), Kalfus, Renée Ehrlich (Costume designer), Henson, Taraji P. (Actor), Spencer, Octavia (Actor), Monáe, Janelle (Actor), Costner, Kevin (Actor), Dunst, Kirsten, 1982- (Actor), Parsons, Jim, 1973- (Actor), Ali, Mahershala, 1974- (Actor), Hodge, Aldis (Actor), Powell, Glen, 1988- (Actor), Quinn, Kimberly (Actor), Krupa, Olek (Actor), Shetterly, Margot Lee
Format:	Video
Language:	English Spanish
Language Notes:	English or dubbed Spanish; optional English subtitles.
Published:	Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]
Subjects:	United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Drama. Johnson, Katherine G. > Drama. Jackson, Mary, > 1921-2005 > Drama. Vaughan, Dorothy, > 1910-2008 > Drama. Women mathematicians > United States > Drama. African American women > Drama. African American mathematicians > Drama. Space race > Drama. United States > Race relations > Drama. Vaughan, Dorothy, > 1910-2008 Jackson, Mary, > 1921-2005 United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration African American mathematicians African American women Employees Space race Women mathematicians United States Johnson, Katherine G. Race relations Biographical films Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Historical films Historical films. Biographical films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
Item Description:	Based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (127 min.) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Mandy Walker ; production designer, Wynn Thomas ; edited by Peter Teschner ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus ; music, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch.