Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama movie directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly.
Plot.
It is about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.
Cast.
The movie stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson. The movie also stars Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson.
Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge and Glen Powell also star in supporting roles.
Release.
"Hidden Figures" had a limited release on December 25, 2016, by 20th Century Fox, before going wide in the United States on
January 6, 2017. It had strong positive reviews and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten movies of 2016.