HIDDEN FIGURES the movie, scheduled for general release on January 13, 2017, has assembled an all-star cast to bring the story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson-- three African American women working as mathematicians at NASA-- to life. Set in 1960s Hampton, Virginia, the three women use their mathematical skills to help the United States achieve one of the things it wants the most-- a victory over the Russians in space---even as they fight against the barriers of racial segregation in the Jim Crow south and struggle for professional recognition from their male colleagues.