Obama blues? He may have moved out of the White House, but during his term in office, Hollywood made a remarkable number of films that offered hopeful perspectives on the appalling tradition of racial segregation.
The feel-good drama Hidden Figures is one of them. This film follows a trio of African American women who are all maths prodigies and must prove to the elite white men at the NASA Space Station in Virginia in 1961 that they are indispensable to beating the Russians in the race to the moon.
The bright retro colours, a sympathetic role for Kevin Costner, a running gag about "coloured only" toilets, and a funky soundtrack: director Theodore Melfi plays down the rage about racial injustice so that he can subtly focus on the brave, irrepressible way in which these women – one of whom is played by the Oscar nominee Octavia Spencer – struggle for more equality. Donald "Grab them by the pussy" Trump should watch his words.
> Hidden figures. US, 2015, dir.: Theodore Melfi, act.: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, 127 min.
> Kinepolis, UGC De Brouckère, UGC Gulden Vlies/Toison d'Or, White Cinema
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