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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, r...

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Corporate Authors: Chernin Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, Levantine Films
Other Authors: Ali, Mahershala, 1974- (Actor), Costner, Kevin (Actor), Dunst, Kirsten, 1982- (Actor), Henson, Taraji P. (Actor), Hodge, Aldis (Actor), Monáe, Janelle (Actor), Parsons, Jim, 1973- (Actor), Schroeder, Allison (screenplay), Spencer, Octavia (Actor)
Format: Government Document
Language:English
Spanish
French
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]
Edition:[English/Spanish/French version]
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Summary:As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2016
Special features: No limits - the life of Katherine Johnson; Moving the decimal - honoring Katherine Johnson; filming in Georgia; gallery; audio commentaries
Wide screen (2.39:1)
Physical Description:1 DVD video (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French), English descriptive audio 5.1; described video
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language
Production Credits:Director, Theodore Melfi