Shirley

Dir. John Ridley · PG-13 · 118 min · 3/22/2024

Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm in an account of her trailblazing 1972 run for the Democratic presidential nomination — the first Black candidate, and the first woman, to seek that party’s nomination. Already the first Black woman elected to Congress, Chisholm campaigns knowing the odds are against her, because someone has to be first.

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