The film is based on the true stories of three African-American women who worked as mathematicians and engineers at NASA during the early years of the space program. The movie focuses on Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), a brilliant mathematician who helped calculate trajectories for Project Mercury, along with her colleagues Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe).
The film is based on the true stories of three African-American women who worked as mathematicians and engineers at NASA during the early years of the space program. The movie focuses on Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), a brilliant mathematician who helped calculate trajectories for Project Mercury, along with her colleagues Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe).