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In reply to the discussion: Oscars. Kimmel - "Black people saved NASA and white people saved jazz" [View all]erpowers
(9,350 posts)41. Movie Not about Houston; Its About Virginia
You really should have read the book, watched the movie, or learned what the movie was actually about before making you comments. This movie is not about Houston and does not center around the Apollo mission. The movie is about the events that took place at the Langley Research Center located in Hampton, Virginia. In addition, although Katherine Johnson's contributions to Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 were mentioned at the end of the movie, this movie mainly focuses on the Mercury mission.
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Oscars. Kimmel - "Black people saved NASA and white people saved jazz" [View all]
underpants
Feb 2017
OP
I'm sure the black women completely omitted from the true story for decades was
onecaliberal
Feb 2017
#4
Rosalind Elsie Franklin, while not African American, was conveniently ignored when crick and watson
still_one
Feb 2017
#12
Wow, you ARE sensitive...like YOU haven't gotten ALL the accolades till one movie shows
angstlessk
Feb 2017
#5
So you admit YOU are foolish cause you were not there to verify their existence?
angstlessk
Feb 2017
#39
I'm sure you realize, then, that the general public's understanding of things like science, sucks.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#11