Figures (2016): Subtitle Hidden

: A math prodigy who calculated the trajectories for John Glenn’s historic orbit.

: An aspiring engineer who fought the legal system to attend classes at a segregated school. Symbolism of Space and Segregation Race and Gender in 'Hidden Figures' (2016) Essay - Aithor subtitle Hidden Figures (2016)

: A self-taught programmer who became NASA’s first African-American supervisor. : A math prodigy who calculated the trajectories

Set in the early 1960s, the film captures the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The protagonists face a dual struggle: they are marginalized for their race in a segregated Virginia and overlooked for their gender in the male-dominated field of aeronautics. subtitle Hidden Figures (2016)