Hidden Figures [Blu-ray]
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
I always read the 1 and 2 star reviews just to see what people’s take is on a film. I seriously wonder if the individuals giving this film 1 or 2 stars actually watched the same film! I’m guessing that most if not all are written by people too young to have experienced even the tail end of race relations in the US in the 60s and 70s, and are applying that filter to their opinion. Do you think they made it up about the separate drinking fountains, rest rooms, and back of the bus??? Unfortunately, No. Is it so difficult to believe ANY woman would have had the brains and abilities to so what these women did? But I digress.The film was well written, directed, and acted. It was great to see the original footage of liftoff used in the film. I was glad to see the update at the end of the film, telling just a little more about the history of these brilliant women after the time period of the film. These were real women who clearly had a groundbreaking impact on many aspects of our country. I think it is a fitting tribute to amazing women at an exciting and difficult time in our history.- Scubafiend
We need more movies like this.
This is a story about the unsung heroines who helped calculate the orbits for the space program. We always see the astronauts and mission control, so it was refreshing to see a story behind the trenches. Not only that, but these women were brilliant at a time when women and especially black women didn’t do math or science (or full time jobs!). I had no clue these women even existed and am rather ticked that they are only now getting widespread recognition. This is such an inspiring story for any young women looking to break into science, math, computer or engineering fields.
The acting was excellent and there was plenty of humor sprinkled around. There was a mix of old footage to supplement the new to give a well rounded look at what went on during the time of the launches. Anyone else bite their nails even though we know John Glenn made it ok? lol!
Although there was some uncomfortable racist/sexist stuff these women had to slog through, it was more of the subtle type which can be harder to deal with than in your face stuff. I liked how the people changed when confronted directly. I especially loved the ‘this is the way it is’ entrenched mentality that both whites and blacks had to overcome. It gave a mild yet realistic portrayal of the obstacles these ladies had to deal with in addition to their work and made me respect them even more.
I totally recommend this for anyone interested in the space program and science stuff.
– C. Au
Excellent. I am a female engineer and I recall the day I realized in a class of 250 statics students that I was the ONLY female, in 1991. I left class in tears because no one had warned me that I could literally be the only girl in the entire engineering program entering that year. i had to walk all the way across the engineering building to the only ladies restroom in that building when I needed to go. I went to my advisor, who was a nice German man, but very linear. He asked me if I had a problem with the lecture or the material. I was sobbing and answering of course not. and he told me to run along now and it would all turn out fine. Today I work for a major aerospace engineering company and it is indeed all fine…but I never went through even a fraction of what these ladies faced in the initial days of the space program. I am forever in their debt. I will forever respect ALL of the women of color and those who were not of color, because without them paving the way, today I would still be unable to often be the only female engineer in the room. Luckily, I’m not ALWAYS the only female engineer in the room. I pray this movie will inspire the next generation of lady engineers because this society is in dire need of our technical voices at this time.
– ThriftyEngineer
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, Octavia Spencer, Kirsten Dunst, Kevin Costner
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Surround)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: PG-Parental Guidance Suggested
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: April 11, 2017
Run Time: 127 minutes
ASIN: B01LTI1RHQ
