Cast: Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali
Making a film about the contribution made by black women mathematicians to the NASA space programme does not sound very visual, but, when set against the background of the Civil Rights campaign of the 1960s and the wave of social change, this is bringing social history vividly to life.