The film Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi, this represents how African American women were treated while working at NASA, this film reinforces the idea of how a segregated area treated the women in a working environment and outside in society an important film in scene in the film when John Glenn informs Mr Harrison that he wants Katherine to recheck the numbers, this scene represents how some of the characters looked past her as African American women because she had a mind to save them.
At the start of this scene we see John on the phone to Mr Harrison through a wide shot, Mr Harrison explains to John that their calculations have come out wrong. “Get the girl to check the numbers” John expresses to Mr Harrison over the phone. As the audience we feel that John doesn’t look at Katherine with lower status …show more content…
As the audience, we feel empowered for everything she’s done for Nasa but we also feel curious about what will happen to Katherine in the future. This theme reinforces the messages about how important acceptance in society, but also representing how as a society we are slow to accept without realizing without accepting Katherine into their world they’d never be able to complete their job. Katherine restored their faith in completing the job. This scene reveals broader messages in society, it represents that African American women we not very important and valued, we can see this because the workers at NASA are always afraid to let Katherine be right, not only does this represent how they were treated in 1960’s in the real world not just in film, it represents how women were treated disrespectfully in the
At the start of this scene we see John on the phone to Mr Harrison through a wide shot, Mr Harrison explains to John that their calculations have come out wrong. “Get the girl to check the numbers” John expresses to Mr Harrison over the phone. As the audience we feel that John doesn’t look at Katherine with lower status …show more content…
As the audience, we feel empowered for everything she’s done for Nasa but we also feel curious about what will happen to Katherine in the future. This theme reinforces the messages about how important acceptance in society, but also representing how as a society we are slow to accept without realizing without accepting Katherine into their world they’d never be able to complete their job. Katherine restored their faith in completing the job. This scene reveals broader messages in society, it represents that African American women we not very important and valued, we can see this because the workers at NASA are always afraid to let Katherine be right, not only does this represent how they were treated in 1960’s in the real world not just in film, it represents how women were treated disrespectfully in the