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Hidden Figures And A Force: Film Analysis

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In the film Hidden Figures and A Force More Powerful both showed racial inequailty and maginalization between races. in nasa the man in charge did not care about the publics opinion but rather getting the mission done no matter what (he could in a way be a jesus-like figure because of his desires, ethics, and motives for this mission.) The main protagonist was being set back from her full potential with what she could have done with all these racial barriers such as her not being allowed into school without going ot court to get her degree for a job she wanted or her walking a "mile" to the bathroom because there were no colored bathrooms in the same building. she represents a struggling christian (such as the sower and the seeds parable.)

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