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Hidden Figures and Fences are both nominated for the Best Picture award at the 89th Academy Awards.
Hidden Figures is about the untold story of the African-American women who were instrumental in helping NASA win the Space Race.
Fences is a family drama set in 1950s Pittsburgh
Apart from both having African-American leads, they are not very similar.
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