African American
Related: About this forumHIDDEN FIGURES - In light of John Glenn's demise, you might be interested in this film.
?resize=930%2C1378Here's a new trailer for the film Hidden Figures, on the untold true story of African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
The movie stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, and hits movie theaters on January 13, 2017.
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/17/trailer-hidden-figures-te.html
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)These are the types of narratives AfAms want their children to see and pursue. Every AFAM family should take their children and extended family members to see this film together.
sheshe2
(84,060 posts)First I had heard about their story, MADem...
stonecutter357
(12,698 posts)Docreed2003
(16,904 posts)As are my teenage daughters! Thanks for sharing
longship
(40,416 posts)They just rarely get the credit for it. That's all the more tragic.
R&K
MADem
(135,425 posts)Our nation has a long way to go--we foolishly thought we were "there" on the sexism thing, but no--we will have four years of an ignorant orange blowhard instead of the most qualified and prepared candidate EVER.
smh!
Bigotry sucks. It takes some strong people to push back and persevere.
I'm looking forward to this film, too--it'll give me a little hope, I think.
KatyaR
(3,447 posts)Thanks for posting--I will definitely see this.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)Octavia was on Colbert last night - I just love her.
MADem
(135,425 posts)was as always, superb.
benld74
(9,911 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)I like to do that sort of thing, too. It aids in the enjoyment of the visual spectacle.
elleng
(131,391 posts)saw trailer there yesterday, so hope to see it.