Oscar winner Octavia Spencer interprets Dorothy Vaughn. (Photo: Hopper Stone, courtesy 20th Century FOX) Henson) and Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) celebrate their stunning achievements in one of the greatest operations in history. Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae, left), Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Not only does Vaughn train herself and her team to learn the computer language of NASA's recently-installed IBM machines, she also recommends one of the women in her unit, mathematician Katherine Johnson, for the position of human computer Harrison is seeking. She is also very aware of how skills and knowledge can make her and her unit of African American women indispensable to the agency. The human computer scouting extends to the agency’s segregated West Area computing unit, where Dorothy Vaughn, the unit's acting manager, is trying in vain to convince her white supervisors to offer her the managerial position full time. At a time when computers were only people with very high IQs and calculating skills, Harrison is looking for a mathematical genius within NASA to help his department compute the orbit trajectory for Glenn's flight. Kevin Costner, who interprets Al Harrison, a composite of NASA managers, represents an equal opportunity boss, a scientist, whose only focus is getting a man into Earth orbit and beating the Russians to the moon. Kevin Costner stars as NASA official Al Harrison, in "Hidden Figures".
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