Description
Dir. Theodore Melfi, 2016, 127 min
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali
Guest Speaker: Dr. Moiya McTier - https://www.moiyamctier.com/
Film Synopsis: Before rockets could break the sound barrier, Black women mathematicians were already bending space and time. Hidden Figures follows the behind-the-scenes race to launch astronaut John Glenn into orbit, powered by the extraordinary work and forgotten brilliance of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. As NASA hurtles toward the Space Age in the late 50s and 60s, orbital mechanics, hand-calculated trajectories and razor-sharp math become tools of both scientific triumph and social change.
About the Speaker: Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, science communicator and folklorist. Sitting at the intersection of science and storytelling, fact and fiction, complex concepts and chaotic creativity, she is known for her sharp wit and infectious enthusiasm, connecting complex science to history, race, and the joy of discovery.
Theatre
Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Expected Run Time is 180 minutes
