'Shirley' Proves Why Netflix Should Invest in Real Stories
Co-stars Christina Jackson and Lucas Hedges talk about the responsibility of portraying real-life figures and why these stories need to be told.
In the new Netflix biopic, Shirley, Oscar-winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) portrays the first Black woman to run for a major party nomination, Shirley Chisholm. The film, from writer-director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), focuses on the revolutionary 1972 campaign that would pave the way to a new future, and that's only a piece of this historical figure's lifetime achievements.
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