Inside a festival theater, a few clips from the unfinished, fact-based film, being released by Fox, were shown. He later led fans in singing “Happy Birthday” to Taraji P. Henson, a star of the film, who turned 46 on Sunday. The actresses were seeing the completed scenes for the first time, and Ms. Henson, for one, dabbed her eyes and proceeded to artfully hit all the right notes. “Hidden Figures” is scheduled for wide release in January, but will have a smaller Oscar qualifying run in December, with its backers almost certainly eyeing the categories of best picture, best actress and best song. Ms. Henson voiced the de rigueur campaign line — that awards did not matter.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2016 14:37 UTC