“Hidden Figures” is one of several films, nominated at this year’s Academy Awards, to finally turn the tide on the past two years’ whitewashed nominees. Unlike many films nominated in the past, “Hidden Figures” does not purely focus on the degradation of black people, but also their contributions to the world at large. The subjects of this film are black women, who are often seen as the most disenfranchised group of Americans, and aren’t generally the subjects of big profile films.