In the Press Site auditorium at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" class="extiw" title="w:Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> in Florida, members of the media participate in a news conference with key individuals from the upcoming motion picture <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures" class="extiw" title="w:Hidden Figures">Hidden Figures</a></i>. From the left are: former CNN space correspondent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zarrella" class="extiw" title="w:John Zarrella">John Zarrella</a>, serving as moderator; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Melfi" class="extiw" title="w:Theodore Melfi">Ted Melfi</a>, writer and director of <i>Hidden Figures</i>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Spencer" class="extiw" title="w:Octavia Spencer">Octavia Spencer</a>, who portrays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" class="extiw" title="w:Dorothy Vaughan">Dorothy Vaughan</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraji_P._Henson" class="extiw" title="w:Taraji P. Henson">Taraji P. Henson</a>, who portrays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson" class="extiw" title="w:Katherine Johnson">Katherine Johnson</a> in the film; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e" class="extiw" title="w:Janelle Monáe">Janelle Monáe</a>, who portrays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer)" class="extiw" title="w:Mary Jackson (engineer)">Mary Jackson</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" class="extiw" title="w:Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a>, musician and producer of <i>Hidden Figures</i>; and William S. Barry, NASA's chief historian.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117448892" class="extiw" title="d:Q117448892"><span title="NASA photographer">Kim Shiflett</span></a>
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