Read February 2023 - Zoom Reading Circle
Hidden Figures was appreciated by all but was a tougher technical read than many of us had thought it might be. However, all that technical information was foundational for telling the remarkable stories of these incredible women. Their individual stories were powerful and inspiring and I truly do feel that the book and the movie go well together - each offering something to enhance the other. The book gives the depth and the movie highlights the inspirational story and heart. I am definitely going to re-watch this movie soon! And may have to add to the list The Right Stuff, as well!
Hidden Figures was appreciated by all but was a tougher technical read than many of us had thought it might be. However, all that technical information was foundational for telling the remarkable stories of these incredible women. Their individual stories were powerful and inspiring and I truly do feel that the book and the movie go well together - each offering something to enhance the other. The book gives the depth and the movie highlights the inspirational story and heart. I am definitely going to re-watch this movie soon! And may have to add to the list The Right Stuff, as well!
(by the way… if any of you have a chance to watch an old HBO miniseries called From the Earth to the Moon - produced by Tom Hanks - I HIGHLY recommend it! It played on HBO for 12 nights back in the late 1990’s I believe and is probably my favorite of all the ’space race’ movies/series that I have seen. Each episode is written and directed by a different team and yet they go together so well to tell the story of all the years of the space race.) Just as an aside…
Book club score - 3.8
But the movie version received a universal 5 from each of us! :)
Article about Katharine Goble Johnson’s death at 101
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/katherine-johnson-dead.html
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