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SIU Reviews: Hidden Figures

movie poster for Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures is a 2016 biographical drama that tells the story of an African-American mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for NASA.  In this edition of SIU Reviews, film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look at the film that is based on the book of the same name.
 
Hidden Figures is currently playing at a theater near you.  Walter Metz is a professor of Film Studies in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
You can hear more SIU Reviews here.
 

Walter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He teaches film, television, theater and photography history, theory and criticism.
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