The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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Taraji P. Henson | Katherine G. Johnson |
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Octavia Spencer | Dorothy Vaughan |
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Janelle Monáe | Mary Jackson |
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Kevin Costner | Al Harrison |
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Kirsten Dunst | Vivian Mitchell |
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Jim Parsons | Paul Stafford |
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Mahershalalhashbaz Ali | Colonel Jim Johnson |
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Aldis Hodge | Levi Jackson |
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Glen Powell | John Glenn |
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Kimberly Quinn | Ruth |
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Olek Krupa | Karl Zielinski |
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Kurt Krause | Sam Turner |
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Ken Strunk | Jim Webb |
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Lidya Jewett | Young Katherine Coleman |
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Donna Biscoe | Mrs. Joylette Coleman |
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Ariana Neal | Joylette Johnson |
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Saniyya Sidney | Constance Johnson |
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Zani Jones Mbayise | Kathy Johnson |
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Tre Stokes | Levi Jackson Jr. |
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Selah Kimbro Jones | Carolyn Marie Jackson |
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Corey Mendell Parker | Howard Vaughan |
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Ashton Tyler | Leonard Vaughan |
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Alkoya Brunson | Kenneth Vaughan |
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Karan Kendrick | Younger Joylette Coleman |
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Jaiden Kaine | Joshua Coleman |
Director | Theodore Melfi |
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Writer | Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Margot Lee Shetterly | |
Producer | Peter Chernin, Jamal Daniel, Donna Gigliotti, Kevin Halloran, Ivana Lombardi, Theodore Melfi, Kimberly Quinn, Margot Lee Shetterly, Jenno Topping, Mimi Valdes, Pharrell Williams, Renee Witt | |
Musician | Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer | |
Photography | Mandy Walker |