Hidden Figures (2016)

Hidden Figures on the GIANT Screen at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, IA.
When
January 16, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Event Type

Genius Has No Race. Strength Has No Gender. Courage Has No Limit.

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. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as “human computers”, we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history’s greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels 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.

This is being featured in the GIANT Screen Theater as part of our Thursday Night Movies.

Thursday, January 16
GIANT Screen Theater  |  7 pm
Adults $10  |  Youth/Seniors $9

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