HIDDEN FIGURES FILM ANALYSIS QUESTIONS Hidden Figures Film Viewing Assignment: As you watch the film, please answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1. Why humans were called computers? What type of a job did they do at the National Committee of Aeronautics ( NACA)? 2. To handle scientific and engineering applications, IBM developed a programing language. What was that language called? 3. Why did the NACA began recruiting African American women in 1940s? 4. What was the major accomplishment of the main characters in the movie? 5. Describe at least one scene where one of the characters faced a racial discrimination/prejudice. 6. Why do you think that relatively few people knew about the remarkable work that Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and others did for the space program until recently? 7. In your opinion, how will this film influence young men and women?
