Being old enough to remember when Shirley Chisholm ran for president and the feeling it left you with was, boy, she had guts! Her slogan was “Unbought and Unbossed.” —A.O.
Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm in Shirley—the story of the first Black congresswoman and her trailblazing run for president of the United States. Directed by John Ridley and co-starring, Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, André Holland, and Terrence Howard. The film chronicles Chisholm’s audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign.
Netflix’s Shirley is in limited theater release in the U.S. And it lands on the streaming service on March 22.
