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Someone just got Hidden Figures and Fences mixed up on the red carpet, and people are not happy

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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.

That didn’t stop People Magazine Jess Cagle referring to a movie called ‘Hidden Fences’.

It did not go down very well.

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