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Allison Schroeder on writing the movie 'Hidden Figures'

Jan 6, 2017
Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women who worked as mathematicians at NASA in the 1960s. Screenwriter Allison Schroeder tells us about writing the film and her family history with NASA.
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) meets astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell), in the film Hidden Figures.
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