Hidden Figures vs Lumumba
Hidden Figures has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Lumumba). Lumumba is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 7m. Lumumba is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hidden Figures
Lumumba| Hidden Figures | Lumumba | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Theodore Melfi | Raoul Peck |
| Main cast | Jim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Taraji P. Henson, Saniyya Sidney, Kevin Costner | Ériq Ebouaney, Olivier Bony, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto |
Synopsis
Hidden Figures
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Lumumba
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a…
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