title: Festival Of Women - Hidden Figures (PG)
start: 2017-04-30
start time: 19:30
end time: 22:00
venue: Catford Constitutional Club
city: Watford
country: GB
coordinates: 51.4451, -0.0228
tags: femiagenda femiagendalondon feminism feminisminlondon feminismo feminismus feministevents womenrights
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FESTIVAL OF WOMEN - HIDDEN FIGURES (PG)
Catford Film are delighted to bring you this unmissable FREE screening of HIDDEN FIGURES in parallel with its current cinema release. Join us to see this amazing film, and celebrate the Catford Constitutionals FESTIVAL OF WOMEN weekend, with this powerful story celebrating the role of 3 women involved in NASA's space race, and their battle against black segregation.
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
No booking required, seats are first come first served on the night., we expect this to be a popular event so get there early to claim your seat and to get yourself a drink.
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