Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer Star in Motivating 'Hidden Figures' Trailer
Black actresses don't get enough shine on the Hollywood big screen and are usually limited to playing a slave or being the side companion to a leading white role. But with Hidden Figures, the newest film from 20th Century Fox, the Black Girl Magic is refreshingly displayed front and center.
The movie is based on the real-life story of brilliant black women working at NASA who helped launch astronaut John Glenn into orbit in 1962. It stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson, Octavia Spencer (Dorothy Vaughan) and Janelle Monáe (Mary Jackson). In the trailer above, the three ladies fight through race and gender stereotypes as they make scientific history.
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