Films: Hidden figures – T2 Trainspotting – Fences
HIDDEN FIGURES HIDDEN FIGURES, tells the story of African-American women,mathematicians, involved crucially in the NASA Space Program in the1960’s, in its race with the Soviet Union and its Space program. In2017, a story of timely importance, definitely politically, for ourtimes. It is an important story, then. I, I should confess, was moved,cried and smiled often. Manipulated pleasantly like the rest of you. This was despite the film-making having all the hall marks of anAffirmative Action movie that Ticks All the Boxes on how to make apopular commercial product. Now, there is nothing, essentially, wrongwith that except it is, in this…