Watch Janelle Monáe In The Trailer For Space Movie Hidden Figures

Watch Janelle Monáe In The Trailer For Space Movie Hidden Figures

Earlier this year, we learned that Janelle Monáe would star in the upcoming film Hidden Figures, a story of three black women who played a huge role in getting astronaut John Glenn into orbit, based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same name. Monáe plays Mary Jackson, a mathematician and engineer alongside co-stars Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer. The film’s trailer came out yesterday and paints a picture of three ultra-talented scientists who were barely given a chance, but pushed and thrived through a sexist and racist industry, ultimately putting NASA at the forefront of the space race. Watch it below.

Hidden Figures is out 1/13.

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