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Hidden figures / by Melfi, Theodore,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Gigliotti, Donna,film producer.; Chernin, Peter,1951-film producer.; Topping, Jenno,film producer.; Williams, Pharrell,film producer,composer (expression); Schroeder, Allison,screenwriter.; Walker, Mandy,1963-director of photography.; Zimmer, Hans,composer (expression); Wallfisch, Benjamin,composer (expression); Teschner, Peter,editor of moving image work.; Thomas, Wynn P.,production designer.; Kalfus, Renée Ehrlich,costume designer.; Henson, Taraji P.,actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Monáe, Janelle,actor.; Costner, Kevin,actor.; Dunst, Kirsten,1982-actor.; Parsons, Jim,1973-actor.; Ali, Mahershala,1974-actor.; Hodge, Aldis,actor.; Powell, Glen,1988-actor.; Quinn, Kimberly,actor.; Krupa, Olek,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Shetterly, Margot Lee.Hidden figures.; Fox 2000 Pictures,presenter.; Chernin Entertainment,production company.; Levantine Films,production company.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French), English descriptive audio 5.1.Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell, Kimberly Quinn, Olek Krupa.Director of photography, Mandy Walker ; production designer, Wynn Thomas ; edited by Peter Teschner ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus ; music, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch.MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and some language.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.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Historical films.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Johnson, Katherine G.; Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005; Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008; Women mathematicians; African American women; African American mathematicians; Space race; Race relations;
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The Help / by Green, Brunson,film producer.; Columbus, Chris,film producer.; Barnathan, Michael,film producer.; Taylor, Tate,screenwriter,film director.; Stone, Emma,1988-actor.; Davis, Viola,1965-actor.; Howard, Bryce Dallas,1981-actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Chastain, Jessica,1977-actor.; Tyson, Cicely,actor.; Vogel, Mike,actor.; Spacek, Sissy,actor.; Janney, Allison,actor.; Lowell, Chris,1984-actor.; O'Reilly, Ahna,1985-actor.; Steenburgen, Mary,actor.; Newman, Thomas,1955-composer.; Winborne, Hughes,editor of moving image work.; Goldblatt, Stephen,1945-director of photography.; Motion picture based on (work):Stockett, Kathryn.Help.; Touchstone Pictures,production company.; Dreamworks Pictures,presenter,production company.; Reliance Entertainment,presenter,production company.; Participant Media,production company.; Image Nation (Firm),production company.; 1492 Pictures,production company.; Harbinger Pictures (Firm),production company.; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm),issuing body.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
DVD, NTSC ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and DVS 2.0 stereo. (English).Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Mary Steenburgen.Music, Thomas Newman ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt.In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer but turns her friends' lives and a small Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.MPAA rating: PG-13, for thematic material.Academy Awards, 2012: Best supporting actress (Spencer)
Subjects: Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Fiction films.; Social problem films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Stockett, Kathryn; Civil rights movements; African American women; African American women household employees; Housekeepers; Friendship;
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