THE WEEK IN WOMEN: 2017 Oscars set records but women are still underrepresented — Brandy McDonnell reports
This year’s Oscar nods are good news and bad news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way, especially
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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: The Women of HIDDEN FIGURES — Brandy McDonnell Reports
Once the feel-good film of awards season, ‘Hidden Figures’ is now a big winner and a big moneymaker. Throughout this
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AWFJ Movie of the Week, January 6 to 12: HIDDEN FIGURES
History has a way of disappearing women, particularly women of color. Based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures dramatizes the true stories of African-American women whose brilliant mathematical skills guided NASA’s space shots. The film’s title refers to both the women and the math. Opening January 6, 2017, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Hidden Figures,
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HIDDEN FIGURES stars on how working at NASA in the 1960s is a little like Hollywood — interview by Stephanie Merry
“Any upward movement for one of us is upward movement for all,” Octavia Spencer said. “If we don’t get there
Read moreThree powerful movies this year reflect Virginia’s troubled racial history — Stephanie Merry comments
Loving shows Virginia at its most romantic and picturesque. Toward the beginning of the drama, a man takes his pregnant
Read moreHIDDEN FIGURES – Review by MaryAnn Johanson
You know the names Alan Shepard (first American in space) and John Glenn (first American to orbit Earth). But you
Read moreHIDDEN FIGURES — Review by Susan Granger
Searching through history often reveals untold true stories that are hidden gems: this is one of them. During the early
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