Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Just come back from watching Hidden Figures, the story of the black women who worked on the American space programme - in the 1960s - and faced racial and sexual discrimination on a scale hard to imagine (or remember) today.

Excellent film with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe in the lead roles, supported by Jim Parsons (aka Sheldon from Big Bang Theory), Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Coster (who plays Kevin Coster from any film he's done in the last 20 years).

John Glenn comes out of it very well too.
The Mrs dragged me along kicking and screaming to see this on Saturday afternoon. Spent the last half hour busting for a piss but didn't want to miss anything. I absolutely loved it.
What struck home to me was how such discrimination could be perceived as "normal" in society, even among people who weren't overtly racist e.g it took a rant to make the Kevin Costner character aware of it.

Truly amazing to see what those ladies eventually went on to achieve and the recognition they received.