Director: Theodore Melfi Writer: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae Released: February 16, 2017 Rating: Runtime: 126 minutes Websites: Story: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. Cast: Taraji P. Henson Katherine G. Johnson Octavia Spencer Dorothy Vaughan Janelle Monae Mary Jackson Kevin Costner Al Harrison Kirsten Dunst Vivian Mitchell Jim Parsons Paul Stafford Mahershala Ali Colonel Jim Johnson Aldis Hodge Levi Jackson Glen Powell John Glenn Kimberly Quinn Ruth Olek Krupa Karl Zielinski Kurt Krause Sam Turner Ken Strunk Jim Webb Lidya Jewett Young Katherine Coleman Donna Biscoe Mrs. Joylette Coleman