Regina King's first film in 3 years, "Shirley," based on the first Black woman elected to Congress Shirley Chisholm dropped on Netflix on March 22.

At a glance, Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 campaign for president was the definition of quixotic. She was 47 years old; at the time, she had served only one term (starting in 1968) as the first Black ...

Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 run for president is the subject of the Netflix biopic, “Shirley,” that was released on March 22, 2024. The film stars Regina King ...

Shirley tells the story of the first black Congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm, ... Netflix has dropped the first look at Regina King in John Ridley's new film, Shirley.

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, and a new movie is telling her story. "Shirley," out now on Netflix, focuses on Chisholm's run for the 1972 Democratic presidential ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SHIRLEY") KING: (As Shirley Chisholm) God is surrounding you. May his light always guide you and keep you safe in his arms. In Jesus' name, amen.

The film portrays the tension between Chisholm, who died in 2005, and her sister. Yet when the Kings approached St. Hill years later, with interest in telling her sister's story, she was receptive.

The film follows political trailblazer Shirley Chisholm in her groundbreaking run for president of the United States. In 1972, Chisholm became the first Black candidate to seek a major party’s ...

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for U.S. president, has been a symbol of hope, determination and, most of all, possibilities for more than half a century. She also was a flesh-and ...

Like George C. Wolfe’s superior film Rustin (also on Netflix), which blends its subject’s personal life with the planning and execution of a specific project (the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and ...

Regina King gives a lively, convincing portrayal of pioneering U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in “Shirley,” an earnest, curiously listless biopic of a woman whose legacy suffuses modern ...

Netflix has dropped a trailer for Oscar-winning writer/director John Ridley's (12 Years A Slave) newest film Shirley. Continue to Deadline SKIP AD.