Hidden Figures - MOVIE REACTION!! 

John Glenn didn’t want to go until she checked the numbers. True story.

Years ago, I worked at the National Archives and met Margot Lee Shetterly. She wrote the book Hidden Figures for which the movie was based on. I was monitoring the research room while she was going through our NASA records. I struck up a conversation with her and she told me about these women and the human computer division. I was absolutely blown away. Cut to years later, Hidden Figures the movie came out. Like the movie said "Hidden figures no longer."

Ms. Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, The highest honor given to a civilian. And yes Kemi, John Glenn lived to a very old age.

John Glenn died in 2016 at 95 yrs young. He was an inspirational, kind and humble man respected by all

Taraji P. Henson’s acting in the scene where she lets her boss know how far she has to go to get to the bathroom, is some of the finest acting I have ever seen. She is one of the best actresses alive today. This is a very important movie that everyone should watch. Thank-you so much for reacting to it.

So glad you got to experience this beautiful film. I *love* Octavia and I'm so glad she was nominated, but Taraji absolutely deserved an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and Janelle deserved a supporting nom for the courtroom scene alone. It never fails to bring me to tears.

The absolute brilliance of these women was only overshadowed by their perseverance. Each of them had to overcome tremendous obstacles to be successful but would not be deterred or discouraged. The story centres around Katherine but I love Dorothy's story, imagine learning about a computer from a book, when you'd never even seen a computer before. The foresight she needed to not only look out for her own livelihood but for 20 or 30 other women who depended on those jobs she is so remarkable and deserved to be honoured in her own right. Such.a good movie!

When my daughter was still living under my roof, i took her out of school to watch the first showing in IMAX. Since ive been a single parent of a daughter, ive been feeding her women lead movies and this was one of them for my precious lil girl: lobby room arcade games, unlimited popcorn, chocolate, twizzlers. I made it like a Disney holiday but it turned into a serious talk/statement in the end.

17:00 This is such an important message! I wish more people understood this, my father included. I met the perfect white boy in high school and have been madly in love with him for the past 16 years but my father just couldn't let go of his hate. Instead of gaining a son, my father lost a daughter and a grand daughter he'll never meet.

That is how we dressed; up until the 80s when the world went “business casual.” It was look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp in the business world. ❤

I am so so excited for this. Not only my most favourite reactor, but a movie that no other channels have reacted to. Such an amazing story!

Until I watched this film I HAD NO IDEA about these amazing women. I was shocked that these women who were SO IMPORTANT in our history weren't learned about in school. It's now one of my favorite films.

Wish I could've meg these women. I did have the opportunity to meet John Glenn on several occasions, and he was absolutely the person portrayed here - so kind, respectful, and caring towards everyone. He was married to his wife Annie for nearly 74 years, until he passed in 2016. She was lovely as well, and had a stutter most of her life, which in part motivated her to bring visibility to and advocate for a variety of disability issues. In 1998, when John was in his late 70s, he went on a space shuttle mission for NASA, becoming our oldest astronaut by far. He was still in great shape well into his 90s, and only in the last year or two of his long life did his health decline. Until then, he continued giving of himself and his time (as did Annie) to work on behalf of the causes they believed in. Truly astonishing people.

When so many would have us believe that we are not worthy, our history shows that we have contributed in a mighty way to the advancement of our society! I love this movie, and I absolutely loved your reaction to it. ❤️

I am so glad you watched this one. Watching this movie highlighting these important women in our history is necessary, especially with people trying their damndest to hide this history away.

This is why black history is so important, or history period is important because there is an entire generation that has no clue about segregation and what it took for black people to accomplish anything in this country. It was against the law to use any facility not designated for black people. Those protest weren't just simple protest, but allowed people of color to have a voice and opportunities. People were beaten and lynched for these things. No clue about the space race that took place, just really sad because things are so different and people have no idea about the past or learning about the past. Also people dressed with dignity. People were the original computers because they performed Mathematical computations.

My husband was fascinated with astronomy. A few years ago we went to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on a "safari" ride. By the grace of God the only other riders with us were women that worked at NASA. I'm not sure who appreciated that more - me or him. I've lost my husband since then, but it's a great memory. ❤

My dad worked for Lockheed for 37 years. I grew up fascinated with aviation and the space program. Saw this in the theater and cried a bucket. So great. You made me cry again. Wonderful reaction. So glad it moved you in such a way.

What I like with movies counting real stories, it's when they used the real history pictures and in the end when they say what happened to the people after these events, and of course, showing pictures of them. If you didn't know it, Katherine Johnson was the last Hidden Figure who was still alive when the movie came out. She died three years ago at 101 years old.

In 1961, the dictionary definition of computer was a person who did math or computes. Machines that computed were only around 20 years old, and many of them were top secret for 10 of those years. Most of these machines were VERY complex to set up, and people computers were accurate to more places and more flexible.

Absolutely ADORE this film. WONDERFUL acting on such an important topic. America MUST educate itself on our true history and stop avoiding it. This is one of those films. I can't watch this film without shedding tears for the humiliation they went through... to do their jobs.. .BRILLIANTLY. America's greatness AND shame should be presented to our young children so they UNDERSTAND what happened... the horror of the way people were treated... and their incredibly brave journey to overcome all of that. THESE are the heroes we should be celebrating alongside the astronauts and politicians. This films should be mandatory viewing for all Middle School students. It will educate and inspire so many.

One of my most favorite movies. So angry the title was true for so long. Worth rewatching again and again.

While outlier Moonlight was indeed the Best Picture, of all the nominees I thought Hidden Figures would actually win, and be a worthy winner because it was so embraced by audiences and so feel good, as well as being important and zeitgeisty. Loved your "Dorothy Vaughan" finger snaps. Such a joy to see this film again with you.

By the way, if you enjoyed Hidden Figures, another dramatized true story worth knowing about is the movie "Something the Lord Made" starring Mos Def and Alan Rickman regarding the development of a procedure for saving infants from cyanotic heart disease (blue baby syndrome) which was fatal. Not surprisingly, every white doctor or resident remotely associated with the doctor initially credited for this procedure (Dr. Alfred Blalock played by Alan Rickman) were photographed for Life magazine, while the actual mind that developed the procedure (Vivien Thomas, played by Mos Def) was not publicly acknowledged until decades later. It's an excellent movie, and is as riveting, informative, and aggravating, as Hidden Figures.

i am thankful for movies like this. as a white teenager in california i often can become ignorant of the history that black people have lived through - and unfortunately are still living through - and movies like this help to educate me and open my eyes. even here in california racism exists and is very much alive today. idk. i just love this movie so much.

One of my favorite movies. It's always interesting to watch someone who doesn't know the history - worrying about John Glenn - who went on to do so many fun things before he died - even an episode on the show Frasier. Love your reactions - you are a truly warm caring person.

Oh man this will be so good and Kemi will be crying for a few good scenes. I’m so there!

Regarding the washroom scenes, I always thought they made a bit of an error with Kevin Costner's character. Rather than going to the colored ladies bathroom in the computer's building and making a show of knocking down the "colored" sign, he should have knocked down the "White Only" sign on the ladies restroom in the main building where the NASA engineers were working. The white women needed to know that the black women should have access to the restrooms in the main building. Knocking down signs in the colored computer building wouldn't impact the thinking and choices of the white women or NASA's management.

I cried and cried after seeing this movie, it is one of my favourites and the actors did a phenomenal job 💛

This movie is one my all time favorites. Historical and beautiful.

This movie is in my top 10! I love this movie!!!! Goosebumps and happy tears!! We are all human and bleed the same darn color!!! Great reaction! ❤❤

Beautiful reaction to a beautiful story. "The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."

The 7090 was designed primarily to handle money/interest calculations. There's a tradeoff between accuracy before/after a decimal. In order to maintain accuracy after the decimal, Fortran had to extend its capability, requiring the staff shown. The hardware of the 7090 didn't really support much for these extensions. When the creation of the 360 model was planned, it had BCD (the math extensions) built deep into the CPU. All programming languages on that computer could then do decimal math. More powerful versions of that architecture still exist because it was so well designed.

Thank you Kemi for this amazing reaction! I knew you would love this story!

This is an excellent movie. Great characters, great acting and a great story. And it doesn’t hurt having Taraji P Henson in nerdy girl glasses, lol.

They moved the time line forward for this movie. Most of the events shown were during 1950s and the days of NACA (National Advisory Council on Aeronautics), the forerunner of NASA. When NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was formed it was integrated, not segregated as the old NACA was. NASA was never segregated.

The entirety of this film was wonderful, but the ending, when they hit you with the facts and the real faces... Chokes me up every time.

I would love to see you react to the Movie : The help. One of my favourites of all times and it has octavia Spencer in it

Was so excited for you to watch this one . . . one of my all time favorite movies. I was a little kid when we landed on the moon. It was a big deal. When astronauts re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, the capsule is always engulfed in flames. Completely normal. That is why the heat shield was so important. If you have not seen the Tom Hank's film Apollo 13, you really should check it out. Another one of my faves!

John Glenns respect for Kathrine wasn't because she was black or because she was a woman! He respected her because she was a great person and Damn good at her job! This is how ALL people should be judged

Loved your reaction, the pride that was swelling within you for those ladies at the end was truly touching.

This movie and the Tuskegee Airmen shows that we can be somebody

Great reaction. This movie is close to my heart as my college roommate and best friend, Dr. Rudy Horne was the mathmatics consultant on this movie. He died about a year after the movie was released. He was only 49.

I think Kemi is alternating screaming and crying…

The only method they came up with to slow the space craft down is have this ceramic-type heat shield with gets up to white-hot temperatures, until the craft slows down and gets down far enough into the earth's atmosphere for the parachutes to work. What you were seeing with John Glenn's re-entry that looked like it was burning up was exactly what was supposed to happen. (If you get a chance, watch Apollo 13 where the same thing has to happen on reentry for them. PS - as far as I remember, John Glenn's orbits were completed successfully - they added a bit of drama for the movie. PPS - I remember, vaguely, when the Soviets launched sputnik (which instantly became part of the English language). It was very tiny - all they could get up there with the rockets they had. It was a big deal to watch it pass overhead - like a dim star but moving across the field of stars - but in a regular motion, not a shooting star. I remember our family walking down to the vacant lot (we lived in Queens at the time) and we stared up at the sky, waiting. And my mother would look at different stars long enough and decide that this one or that one was moving. However, when it came by, it was fast enough, no mistaking it. The first computers used vacuum tubes for the electronic switches, essentially small light bulbs. Took up a lot of space and put out a lot of heat. At my college, we had the entire basement of one academic building filled with the first computer on campus. There were several different programming languages. One important one was Fortran, which stood for formula translation. The computer had no memory in order to store its own programs which had to be entered each time you ran the program with key-punched computer cards. Ghastly. As you can see, the first people doing the hand computing were called computers, until the name came to mean the machines, not the persons. Ditto with typewriters - which originally were the name of the people typing. Mattel made a Barbie doll of Katherine after the movie came out.

Kemi should watch The Pursuit of Happyness if she hasn't seen it already.

Forget the astronauts being the most important people involved in this story. It was those 3 women who were. I love this Movie,it’s brilliant.

You are so awesome. When you cry I feel it and cry with you. Bless you Darlin’❤

I knew you would love this one. Thank you so much for sharing your reaction! In real life, Katherine did just use the restroom in her building when assigned to the launch and landing team, but they needed to add drama (and a white savior) to the story for Hollywood 😏. That scene probably encapsulated many different frustrations that all of these women endured. I do like the ending when Paul brings Katherine the coffee 😊. Her mind was brilliant. She just passed away a short while ago. I agree that Dorothy Vaughn was a total badass in the best way! And as an engineer, I appreciate what Mary Jackson was able to accomplish while married, raising 2 kids, and working a full-time job at NASA! Such an excellent story!

I absolutely love this movie! One of my favorites. So happy you loved it too!!

I love this movie. Thanks for reacting to it, not many do.

I wish I could give you multiple likes for your reaction to this movie. It´s a classic not just for the story and acting but for its historic significance. I have seen it multiple times yet still cry during certain scenes. You don´t have to be a genius like these women were, but you DO have to stand up for yourself and do what´s right despite what others think. Such a wonderful film ❤❤❤

These women were absolute Queens! 👏🏼❤️ Brave and beautiful

It’s one of my most favourite movies of all time, I could watch it over and over and still cry and cheer with the strength and determination of these wonderful women. 🥰

Your reaction here is magical; you felt what i am feeling about this movie ❤❤I always cry watching this movie till today July 2024....this movie is still very emotional for me......Thank God that they brought this TRUE STORY to light💯💯💯

The movie didn't make me cry, watching you cry made me cry

they still go to schools in virgina an west virginia searching for 'hidden talent'...

I loved this movie so much, all the stories were beautiful and so inspiring, they just kept going and working with their minds and hearts. What I love about science is that it can (as also arts and sports) bring together the people of our world, is an activity so inherently human that our species is united by it time after time

This is an amazing movie. Very powerful. I'm working towards becoming a high school history teacher, and I must say that I love black history. I love history, in general, but there's just something about black history, specifically, that really appeals to me. These women were superheroes, I found that aptly put. A dynamite story, beautifully told.

I have been waiting so long for you to watch this film. This film shows that while as a large group the US seems like we still live in the 1950’s, there have always been few of us who have not. Few of us who have automatically stood up for rights, not because of race, sex, or religion but because it is the right thing to do. I truly believe that the only way to live is to put nothing but positivity out into the world, regardless of what it hands back to you. There is so much hatred and violence, I fight with kindness and laughter.

"The Right Stuff" (1983) is also a very good movie about the start of the space age and the legend Chuck Yeager.

Loved watching your genuine reaction

Spectacular reaction! Ta, for sharing your emotions, thoughts and words of wisdom. 💌

Definitely looking forward to watching this reaction. 😊 This is one of my favorite movies. And with such a great cast. I very much recommend you reading the book as well. Such a great read.

There were brilliant women among the "computers". One went on to work with aircrafts and "sonic boom".

I just LOVE everything about this movie. I am a huge space exploration nerd, and this film was such a wonderful way to shine a much needed spotlight on the amazing, superbly talented women (and the challenges of the times they endured) that literally helped us reach the moon 🌙💖

This movie is in my Top 5. It's so full of inspiration and motivation and determination.

Ever since Glenn's flight and re-entry communication blackouts were the norm, but were always filled with incredible tension. I was too young to pay much attention to Glenn but I remember many others that came afterwards.

Just finished watching this wonderful movie, absolutely wonderful! The amount of work thought and creativity that went into making this movie! WOW! One of the lines I look forward to in this movie is when Miss Mitchel (Kirsten Dunst) finally addresses Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) as Mrs. Vaughn indicating her newfound respect with her new title. She is now working as an equal! Bravo! I enjoyed watching this reaction Kemi, well done! ☮💕

I started working in 1983 - 23 years after the beginning of this story. Women were not allowed to wear pants at my office. And this was a major international company. We were required to wear hose (no bare legs) and absolutely no open toe shoes. They had to be closed toe pumps. I don’t think that changed until the 90s at my company. Crazy, right?

You might want to watch The Right Stuff, From The Earth To The Moon, Apollo 13 to fill in the story of the space race. Then for fun Space Cowboys.

I (a white guy) retired from the Federal government after 30 years of service over a decade ago (showing my age). And one of the people I worked with during that time was a black woman who started with the Federal govetnment as a mathematician in the 1950s, before I was even born. And she continued to work long after I retired. She finally retired a couple years ago after 60 years of service! Hoo wee! (By the way, the Federal Govt didn't have separate bathrooms, even back then.)

Look up Hedy Lamarr. A famous Hollywood actress that hated being in the limelight for her beauty. She was brilliant!! Scientific genious. You w ould also love the movie "October Sky". Loved your reaction! ❤❤❤❤❤My biggest adversaries have been both black and white women. We should support each other, not cut throats

I made sure to go see this in theaters. I’m in my 50s and had no idea any black people held high positions in NASA growing up, much less had a pivotal role of putting men on the moon. Was not taught in school. Lol you mentioned them wearing heels and possibly pants in the 1960’s. That was a very different time and women always wore dresses or skirted suits with a modest heel. Even the men didn’t dare going to work in sneakers.

This movie tell the truth of it I've seen it. Tears in my eyes as well, We all love , scream, cry and bleed the same we are not so different

John Glenn, not only survived that day, he went on to become a Democratic Senator from Ohio for many years.

In the movie she was afraid to use the white restroom because it was physically perilous to do so at the time.

I wish more people would watch this! It's such a powerful message ❤ you had such a wonderful and powerful reaction. Thank you for sharing with us!

If you enjoy love stories about interracial relationships back in the day, you’d love the movie “Loving”. It’s based on the true story of the couple who fought to have the law changed so they could be a family.

This was 1961 and women did not wear pants and flats until Jackie Kennedy did it in the White House.

Great movie! I believe she is still living.

You are going to love this! What an incredible story. I get so infuriated at the way these women were treated but I LOVE that they showed what they were made of. These women were brilliant, tough, resilient and fierce. Everything today's woke "feminists" are not! These women didn't descend into toxic base vulgarity and ignorant emotionalism. They used their gifts, talents, and intellect to take their stand and show themselves capable. They showed what they could do! These women were true women and deserve to be remembered for their incredible contributions. This is among my top 10 favorite movies! Can't wait to join you tomorrow!

Wow, I already saw this movie and lived through its events (I was very young, but I remember the first flights, the "space race" with the USSR, etc.). But watching you react to this wonderful film had me crying right along with you. Thanks, so glad you got so much from this viewing.

The fact that the Oscar’s didn’t atleast give Taraji a nomination was such a let down.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE 🍿

In the UK (and it may have been the same in the USA, too) women were not allowed to wear trousers to work, even in the late 1970s, and if you worked in an office, you were expected to wear heels; it was simply the expected corporate dress.

I LOVED how touched you were in the end, instant subscriber

Haven't you noticed when we used human power, we went to the Moon. But when we switched to computer power we stopped? Amazing.

Oh I love this movie :) To think how people (here women) were treated, humiliated for no reason and still they gave all they could to help their country - its depressing :(

One of the best movies I have ever seen….best part it’s true

This movie dose not get the love it deserves! It is one of my favorite movies.

I know of a scene I hope I’ll see where she’ll be so happy for Katherine but another scene where she’ll support Katherine.

First time i watched this i thought it was gonna be a sci-fi movie but when it started i realized it wasn't and it made the movie much more interesting. It's kinda crazy how that part of history had been kept in the dark from public knowledge for a long time even if it had been crucial for the space program. At last they got the public recognition they deserved. I enjoyed your reaction as i always do. Thank you

When President Obama presented Katherine Johnson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award during his 2nd term. I had never heard of these women. And it all happened in my backyard !!!!

I will never understand racism it makes absolutely no sense. This was a wonderful such brave, intelligent people who we all owe alot to

Try to understand, it takes approximately 3-4 minutes going through the atmosphere where it burns oxygen while superheated. Also, Friendship 7 occurred before Apollo 11, so we knew he survived.

As a millennial black Canadian woman, this made me SOOOOO proud! This is what we need to be learning in school. Look at what HUMAN BEINGS can do. We need more examples of all colours, genders, all abilities or inabilities and what amazing things we can do to progress and make the world better for each other 🥺😭 sometimes all we need is belief that we can

I love watching your sincere heart felt reactions ❤️ My daughter and I had the same reaction when she was a young girl of 10 years old in the movie theater when it came out. ❤️🙏🏻

Back in the day, you could get beaten if you used the wrong bathroom. It was a very violent time back then.

A POWERFUL movie! Good reaction by you!