The Politics Of Netflix's Shirley Chisholm Movie Explained
As depicted in the new Netflix political biopic Shirley, Shirley Chisholm made history by running for President of the United States in 1972.
The new Netflix historical biopic Shirley follows the true story of Shirley Chisholm's historic 1972 U.S. presidential campaign. The historical biopic stars an outstanding cast led by Regina King, Lucas Hedges, Terrence Howard, and Lance Reddick. King is an Oscar and Emmy-winning actor who was recognized in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) as well as Seven Seconds (2018) and the HBO adaptation of Watchmen (2019). She portrays the real-life Shirley Chisholm, who became the first black American woman to run for President of the United States just one year after becoming the first black woman elected to Congress in 1971.
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