Four year old me wanted to be an astronaut. I dreamed of going to space after reading Mae Carol Jemison’s biography. Considering that she was the first African American woman to travel to space, I felt a connection to her being a minority myself. Even though I no longer want to be an astronaut, from this young age I developed a mindset that anything that I wanted to be and do would be possible if I put in effort in achieving my goal. This mentality was reinforced by the movie “Hidden Figures,” which showed me that there will be setbacks in my goals, but reminded me to not give up. At the end of the day, it will be my work and drive to show my reliability as a worker. Nevertheless, it is upsetting that biases have a say when hiring employees and considering their capabilities. This is why, I saw the main characters of the movie, strong and brave individuals who broke the social norms of the institution they worked in.
The movie is definitely very inspiring! I also strongly believe that it takes a lot of courage to follow your own way in life and fight against societal norms but at the end of the day the reward is also so great through recognition, etc.
I loveed the movie, and I loved reading your response! I think it is absolutely inspiring what you were able to take away from the movie. I think it is imperative for more movies, and for the media in general, to incorporate such positive messages in their works. These messages, in turn, help people believe that impossible is nothing.