Netflix has shared the first Shirley clip for its upcoming biographical drama, featuring Oscar winner Regina King.
clip for its upcoming biographical drama, which chronicles Shirley Chisholm’s political career from being the first Black congresswoman in the U.S. to running for president in 1972.
The video teases Oscar winner Regina King’s leading performance as Shirley Chisholm. The film is scheduled to make its debut on March 22. “Shirley tells the story of the first Black congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for president of the U.S. It chronicles her audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign,” reads the film’s official synopsis.
Shirley is written and directed by John Ridley, who is also producing the film alongside King, sister Reina King, Anikah McLaren and Elizabeth Haggard. The cast also includes Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, W. Earl Brown, Brad James, Reina King, André Holland and the late Lance Reddick.Maggie Dela Paz has been writing about the movie and TV industry for more than four years now.
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