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A trailer has been released for the upcoming film 鈥淗idden Figures,鈥� which tells the story of African-American women who helped John Glenn orbit Earth.聽

The movie is based on the true story of women 鈥� Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Mary Jackson (Janelle Mon谩e), and Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) 鈥� who were employed at the organization that would later become NASA, working on the math involved with bringing humanity to space.聽

The film co-stars Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, and Kirsten Dunst.

The trailer shows the struggles the women were up against, including others expressing dubiousness that they were working at NASA as mathematicians because they were women and, at one point, being mistaken for a janitor.聽

The movie will be released on Jan. 13. It鈥檚 directed by Theodore Melfi of the 2014 movie 鈥淪t. Vincent鈥� and co-written by Mr. Melfi and Allison Schroeder.聽

Many cultural critics seem pleased the story of these women is being told, with Jess Denham of The Independent writing, 鈥淚t鈥檚 finally time for the genius African-American women who worked at NASA in the Sixties to enjoy their long overdue moment in the spotlight.鈥� Collider's Adam Chitwood writes, 鈥淲hile this story could easily have become one of those schmaltzy Lifetime Original Movies, this trailer is mighty promising as the film looks to pull back the curtain on a largely unknown underdog story with a measured tone and chemistry to spare. Indeed, the charisma of Henson, Spencer, and Monae is palpable, and the prospect of taking a close look at the uphill battle these incredibly smart women faced during a tumultuous period in our nation鈥檚 history (Glenn鈥檚 flight was in 1962) is highly enticing.鈥澛�

Ms. Henson mentioned in an interview with USA Today that she thinks the movie focuses on the inspiring aspect of the narrative. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 really hit people over the head with the history of racism,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e know that story.... [The film depicts] how to work through it and rise above it as humanity.鈥�