Three Black women mathematicians at NASA fight for their place at the table in the new trailer for Hidden Figures.
The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae who portray the little known women who charted the course that launched John Glenn, the first American astronaut to make a complete orbit of the Earth.
The new trailer makes clearer how the women lobbied to be included in the groundbreaking mission.
Henson, as Katherine Johnson, demands to be privy to the most important planning.
“I need to be in that room hearing what you hear,” Henson tells Costner in the trailer, who replies, “Within these walls who makes the rules?”
Henson pushes back: “You sir, you are the boss. You just have to act like one… sir.”
“Hidden Figures” will open in limited release on Dec. 25 and nationwide on Jan. 6, 2017.
The first trailer for "Hidden Figures" starring Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer premiered Sunday during the Olympics. The film tells the stories of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. The women were Black women mathematicians who began working for NASA in the 1950s.
The women charted by hand the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The film is based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly which debut in September. The film is coming in January 2017.
In Chapter 2 of the 3-part series of Apple Music commercials starring Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson, and Mary J. Blige, the women cook and dance together in a beautiful new ad directed by Ava DuVernay.
Apple premiered the first of three commercials starring Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, and Mary J. Blige during the Emmys and we couldn't get enough of it!
The first of three Apple Music commercials starring Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, and Mary J. Blige aired during the 2015 Emmy Awards. The spot features the ladies dropping by Mary's house and having an impromptu turn up session by way of Apple's streaming music app.
"I want the work to reflect my level of gifts and talent. I don't want it to reflect my color or my sex or my age. That's what I want," says Viola Davis in a Roundtable Interview from the Hollywood Reporter. In the full Roundtable, she and other actresses including Taraji P. Henson discuss their iconic roles and their craft.
