Which 2016 biographical film about NASA mathematicians is titled 'Hidden Figures'?

The 2016 biographical film about NASA mathematicians is titled Hidden Figures.

Directed by Theodore Melfi, the film is based on Margot Lee Shetterly's nonfiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race. It follows three Black women mathematicians at NASA's Langley Research Center: Katherine Goble Johnson, played by Taraji P. Henson; Dorothy Vaughan, played by Octavia Spencer; and Mary Jackson, played by Janelle Monáe.

These women worked during the Space Race, when NASA relied on human "computers" to perform complex calculations for aviation and spaceflight. Johnson checked the flight calculations for John Glenn's 1962 orbital mission, Vaughan became a programming expert and supervisor, and Jackson pursued an engineering career despite discriminatory educational barriers.

The title is a deliberate double meaning: the women were both hidden from public recognition and essential to America's space achievements. The film is not a literal reconstruction of every event. It combines characters and dramatizes incidents, including the bathroom storyline, but it helped bring the women's contributions to a global audience. First Man and Apollo 13 also portray NASA history, but neither centers on these mathematicians.