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Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures tells a true and culturally important story about forgotten minority contributions to the Space Race, but does the film adequately acknowledge the connection that discrimination in the past has to the present? Can simply telling a story be enough if the compositional and production elements contribute to the “white-washing” of cinema?
Examining The Cultural Work of Hidden Figures
Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures, ©2016, Fox 2000 Pictures.
Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures, ©2016, Fox 2000 Pictures.
Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures, ©2016, Fox 2000 Pictures.
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