A Reflection on The Film "Hidden Figures"

Long time ago, the ones who reigns supreme are men. But as the time evolves and changes into something positive, many problems arise from that single conflict.Way back then, women are degraded regardless of their race, age, color and stand on the society. Those mentioned problems were somehow resolved but also in that moment, discrimination rose from that solution. How? The moment white women are starting to gain confidence and authority to speak for themselves, they are starting to belittle those who does not blend in to their colors. And that is what Hidden Figures is all about.

This is a story of the three significant and powerful African-Americanwomen who stand against all odds and rose above the challenges in life to be the champions of their destiny. Going back to the first time I have watched the film, I thought it was just a story of three mothers who are trying to prove themselves that even though they are starting to get old, they can still accomplish something big that they can be really proud of.

One of the examples is Mary Jackson, a mother who felt the need get a degree in Engineering to fulfil her greatest dream of becoming an aerospace engineer at NASA. But as the film progressed, there is so much more than what the eyes can conceive and mind can comprehend. It is not just a story of three black women who are doing their best to make a name in their chosen fields. It also highlighted their struggles that because of their colors, they are being discriminated. Not just them but also those who shares the same color with them. We are blinded and manipulated by those “labels” that we put on everyone around us.

In the film, black people and white people are separated. Black women are entitled only to use “colored restroom” and those who are white, are free to use regular bathrooms. Even outside the company, black people are controlled and hindered by labels. Discrimination limited them to act as a free individual in the United States because of the less privilege that are receiving. But these three women disregarded those barriers and break the rules to change the old system.

Mary Jackson enrolled herselfin an all-white school and head-high, received her degree. Dorothy Vaughan secretly studied and learned programming and later appointed as the Supervisor of the Analysis and Computation Division at Langley. And last, Katherine Goble successfully calculated the trajectory and motion of Project Mercury. The film is presented in the best way possible that it can make you shed a tear and feel like you are part of their success. A film for all ages that embodies equality, women empowerment and above all, respect for having diversity and unique differences.