Why 'Hidden Figures' is a Movie Everyone Should Watch

"Hidden Figures" hits the movie theaters for its wide release in the U.S. today (Jan. 6), and I highly recommend that everyone go see it. Specifically, it recounts the triumphs and struggles of three black women whose work was crucial to NASA in the early 1960s — a time when racial segregation was the law of the land, and gender discrimination was still the norm. Especially in Virginia, where the story takes place, local Jim Crow laws enforced segregation and discrimination against African