The plot is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson.
Watch the movie trailer here: https://youtu.be/RK8xHq6dfAo.
Read more about the movie here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340.
The movie screens in English with Russian subtitles.
The screening is free of charge.
