Hidden Figures (dir. Theodore Melfi).

[Taraji P.] Henson, [Octavia] Spencer, and [Janelle] Monáe make for an entirely winning combination of talent. Melfi has put together a truly crowd-pleasing assortment of actors and material for an entirely uplifting, inspirational story of the lesser known figures who broke barriers of race and space. It’s both appealing yet frustrating what a nice and neat package a contemporary white male filmmaker has put this little known historical story into. Hidden Figures is easily one of the most polite cases against the normalization of white supremacy ever put to screen.

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