Well, I'm not American (not even mostly!), but this seems to transcend nationalities. A quick check finds that the movie opens downunder on 5 Feb. Hopefully it will show locally.
Thanks for the recommendation. Cheers Brian On Tue, Jan 31, 2017, at 06:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > This has been a fairly good year for movies. LA LA Land is wonderful. > Manchester by the Sea is an emotional bombshell with great acting. > Patriot's day is exciting with interesting insights into terrorism and > how > we react to it. All pale, however when compared to Hidden Figures. > > This is an important movie. See it, on a big screen if possible. Make > your children see it. Make your grandchildren see it. > > It is a scandal that this story has been overlooked for so long. It > needs > to be told, and to be spread all around our country. > > BTW, it is quite entertaining, and the acting is superb. > > Ann and I and some others here will relate to the Sputnik scare, hiding > under our desks at school and the drama of the first 7 Astronauts. The > scenes of segregation and prejudice in the South of the early 1960 are > moving and disturbing, but true to what I saw. Most importantly, > however, > is the story of the black women who did most of the math on which our > early > ventures into space were based is an incredible and inspiring tale of > courage, persistence and pride. > > See it. I promise you will be moved and inspired. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ > http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-black-women- > mathematicians-who-helped-win-wars-and-send-astronauts-space-180960393/ > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
