It is undeniable that women and men face a lot of challenges while having to adjust to the
social circle where we are constantly judged on our ability to "keep up" with our peers and to always exceed expectations.
Having to go around the uneven circle constantly being judged around certainly will cause hard feelings among ourselves.
In these darkest of times, when our voices are seldom heard and considered, comes the movies.
Throughout the years, there have been many genres of movies portraying the discrimination and challenges faced by women and men,
while most tend to show us the real imagery of the prejudice faced by the lot of us, only a few often leave us inspired to do great things in life
even when living through the toughest phases of life.
"Hidden Figures" is certainly one of them.
"Hidden Figure" is a 2016 biographical film directed by Theodore Melfi, an American screenwriter,
director and a producer as well. He also happens to be the writer of the 2017 comedy film "Going in Style",
as well as the director, writer and the producer for the 2014 film "St. Vincent" which received a positive rating from critics and was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards.
"ABOUT THE FILM"
"Hidden Figures" is a film based on the non-fiction book wrote by Margot Lee Shetterly.
The story revolves around in the 1960s where three black female mathematicians who had to go through
layers of hardships after being employed in a research center in Hampton, Virginia,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
(Taraji P. Henson (middle), Janelle Monae (far left) and Octavia Spencer (far right) as the main characters of the film.)
Being positioned in NASA according to their skills, the three main characters only find themselves to be treated
with mean gestures and insulting manners in their workplace due to their color.
All of the black people who work in the center are also sadly treated the same way,
they were even not allowed to share the restroom with their fellow white co-workers.
They were also poorly placed among the low ranks in their career,
and to get promoted and recognized in their associated fields were extremely difficult and their hard works are often not appreciated.
( Taraji P. Henson was soaked wet from having to walk in the rain to a separate restroom outside the building )
Despite all the discrimination thrown at them, the three main characters showed great audacity in facing them.
They chose to stand united as they came by all the challenges that were put in front of them.
All three of them somehow managed to get recognized and were given the proper positions for their respective fields,
but only after having to go through levels of hard work.
( Octavia Spencer as "Dorothy Vaughan" in getting promoted to a higher ranking position)
What's even more inspiring is that the three characters in the film were actually based on real-life
figures and to think that they went through layers of the biased system back then has really been a wake-up call to myself that
despite what people might throw at you, make use of what they throw and armor yourself in it.
Katherine Johnson portraying "Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson"
Mary Jackson portraying "Mary Winston Jackson"
Dorothy Vaughan portraying "Dorothy Johnson Vaughan"
Even if the movie mainly focuses on how society treated black people back in the days,
women, as well as men, should really gather inspirations from these great people
who proved that we should not judge people based on their gender, race, nor religion,
but as an individual, a human and that despite what people might say about us,
we are given the option either to waste our time to distress ourselves minding it
or to ignore it and use it as an armor and show the initiative and the effort to climb higher and achieve great things in life.
Nominated in three categories for the Oscars, two Golden Globes and with an outstanding rating of 93% from Rotten Tomatoes,
this amazing movie is a must-see for everyone and surely, you won't regret a second of it!
Go and achieve great things in life!
