“Hidden Figures,” the story of three black women who worked for NASA, is now playing in local theaters. The film takes place in the early years of the U.S. space program, when Kennedy was the President and the state of Virginia still had segregated schools, libraries, and buses.
Kevin Costner stars as the boss of NASA who understands that we are all in this together and pushes his team to think like a real team. When I saw the film this evening at the Mahoning Theater, almost everyone in the audience was over 50. This is a movie that kids ought to see–at times amusing, at times tense (I had forgotten how close John Glenn came to disaster), and a history lesson (don’t tell anyone that, however) that we need.
The film is rated PG, and I give it four out of four stars. Run, don’t walk, to your local theater.
No comments:
Post a Comment