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house vibe to it, but the bones were good. We put the man and his two sons into a nice hotel while we fixed up the home. A small country home, connected to the land—like Mary. HAMPTON STREET LOCATION The town of Monroe, Georgia, was used as a stand-in for downtown Hampton, Virginia. There is a wonderful courthouse square in the town, but unfortunately, the storefronts across the street are not period-correct. Working with graphic designer Jason Sweers and the set decorating team led by Missy Parker, we designed and constructed a series of period storefronts. An ice cream parlor that I had seen in the Gordon Parks book Segregation Story was duplicated, in spirit at least, and I took a large furniture store exterior and turned it into a Woolworths. This was not specified in the script, but black people of a certain age understood the significance of this choice. Woolworths had been the site of many lunch counter sit-ins during the civil rights era. In Marietta, Georgia there is a Lockheed Martin research facility that contains a wind-testing tunnel. The tunnel has not been "HIDDEN FIGURES is the story of three black women who figured out the math that got the astronauts into space and back home again. The men got all the credit and the glory, but it was these women who were the backbone of the space program." Right: Katherine Johnson's house was located in the East End section of Atlanta. Counterclockwise from below: Every surface of the home was touched in order to restore it to a 1950-'60s interior. Shown here, the kitchen, Katherine's bedroom, her children's bedroom, and the living and dining rooms.