Black in Period Films

And the WINNERS are ... Drum Roll Please! Denzel Washington won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for “Fences.” The cast of “Hidden Figures” won for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Viola Davis won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for “Fences.”

After watching Hidden Figures my older sister and I decided we could best express our excitement over the film with an audio review. We were tired and not on our game 100% but I think this review captures how we felt right out of the theater. Re-recording it would have taken some of the 'umph' out of our review. We plan on doing more audio reviews on films that we watch together. Enjoy! Just some of the many amazing costumes! The actors and the real women!      Film Details:  Hidden Figures (2016) Rated PG  Genre : Drama film/Comedy-drama  Running Time : 2h 7m Synopsis :Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned a...

    The trailer for the Hidden Figures film. Hidden Figures is about NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) as they work together to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space.  I love this trailer. I can't find anything that I would consider a flaw. It gave me everything that I want out of a period film. Beautiful and accurate costumes, great acting, and romance. We all know Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer will be wonderful. However, it was interesting to see Janelle Monae in an acting role and I believe she will be amazing. I'll be watching this film in theaters come January 2017. What do you think about the trailer?