Thursday movies, a trend this Spring semester, made me look forward to it. But I was never was this excited as to this, to watch any other movie. Hidden Figures was released early this year, and I was unable to watch it then, thus, Rose Thursday movie night offering to watch Hidden Figures were exciting. The story of these three women of color’s achievement is brilliant.
In fact, it was really motivating to mid-semester beaten up brain.
However, as another individual in the audience, pointed out right after the movie, during the Q& A session, there was a subtle but vibrant political message about racial struggles and how to fight against this oppression. This story narrative had a supervisor, who didn’t “see color” only saw talent and hard work. This individual is a savior, who saves the day for one of the main characters. In addition, the entire story was occurring in the backdrop of space mission race with Soviet, and these women of color who are treated unjustly and unequally based on their race were still displaying loyalty and patriotism. The movie gives a strong patriotic message: although these women of color were oppressed and discriminated, they believed in the system, displayed loyalty to and patriotism. And continued to work within the system.
Despite this nationalist propaganda, and the savior veneration, the movie felt definitely motivating on a Thursday night after a busy week.