{"id":48690,"date":"2016-08-16T01:43:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T01:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=48690"},"modified":"2016-08-16T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:50:55","slug":"taraji-p-henson-is-a-math-genius-in-hidden-figures-first-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=48690","title":{"rendered":"Taraji P. Henson Is a Math Genius in \u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 First Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/hidden-figures-trailer-taraji-p-henson-math-genius-octavia-spencer-1201837344\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Taraji P. Henson Is a Math Genius in \u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 First Trailer<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a><br \/>\n2016-08-15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety_DMcNary\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dave McNary<\/strong><\/a>, Film Reporter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taraji_P._Henson\" target=\"_blank\">Taraji P. Henson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octavia_Spencer\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia Spencer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e\" target=\"_blank\">Janelle Monae<\/a> break the glass ceiling \u2014 among other barriers \u2014 in the first trailer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a> drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hidden_Figures\" target=\"_blank\">Hidden Figures<\/a>,\u201d which debuted Sunday night during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Summer_Olympics\" target=\"_blank\">Rio Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The teaser opens with Henson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katherine_Johnson\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Johnson<\/a> character as a young girl, filling up a classroom blackboard with mathematical formulas, prompting her teacher to tell her parents, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a mind like your daughter has.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Henson, Spencer portrays <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dorothy_Vaughan\" target=\"_blank\">Dorothy Vaughan<\/a> and Monae plays Mary Jackson as a trio of brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercury-Atlas_6\" target=\"_blank\">1962 launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit<\/a> \u2014 a stunning achievement that turned around the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Race\" target=\"_blank\">Space Race<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RK8xHq6dfAo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/hidden-figures-trailer-taraji-p-henson-math-genius-octavia-spencer-1201837344\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taraji P. Henson Is a Math Genius in \u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 First Trailer Variety 2016-08-15 Dave McNary, Film Reporter Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae break the glass ceiling \u2014 among other barriers \u2014 in the first trailer for the NASA drama \u201cHidden Figures,\u201d which debuted Sunday night during the Rio Olympics. 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