Hidden Figures (PG) at Ely Cinema - tickets available on the door from 7pm
Without three gifted mathematicians, America might not have put its first man into space in 1961. This uplifting biopic tells their remarkable tale.
Directed by Theodore Melfi and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe.
Without three gifted mathematicians, America might not have put its first
man into space in 1961. That they were also female and black in a country
where racial segregation still had a sour normality only adds piquancy to the
story. This uplifting biopic tells their remarkable tale. Plucked from numeric
drudgery to help meet a timetable accelerated by presidential decree, the
determined trio overcome numerous obstacles to achieve amazing things.
127 mins.