Regina King’s new Netflix movie, Shirley—which began streaming today—is doing its part to uphold the legacy of Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm is a name that ought to be as well known as ...

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 ...

Chisholm addresses the Democratic National Convention in 1988, several years after her retirement. Dirck Halstead / Getty Images Ridley’s Shirley movie is being released in an election year.

She also was a flesh-and-blood person — something "Shirley," the new Netflix movie starring Oscar winner Regina King as Chisholm, demonstrates in a way that you don't see in most recent biopics.

She plays Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve ... of events into a bite-off-more-than-you-can-narratively-chew movie, but can he elevate the film above the typical parameters of ...

Shirley Chisholm had three younger sisters ... "I think that's why you see, by the end of the movie, this kind of full circle that happens between Muriel and Shirley where Muriel understands ...

DETROW: That's Oscar-winning actress Regina King. She plays Chisholm in a new Netflix movie, simply called "Shirley." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SHIRLEY") KING: (As Shirley Chisholm) I have something I ...

It was a 15-year-long journey for Regina King and her sister and co-producer Reina King to bring the story of Shirley Chisholm — the Black congresswoman who was also the first Black person to ...

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 ...

However, the movie only scratches the surface of Chisholm ... while taking remedial education classes. As seen in Shirley, Chisholm became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress ...

The Oscar-winning actress is set to portray Shirley Chisholm, the first Black U.S ... 2012 and spent over a decade trying to get the movie greenlit — only now is her dream finally coming ...

Oscar winner Regina King transforms into the “unbought and unbossed” politician Shirley Chisholm in Netflix‘s Shirley trailer, released Monday. The trailer follows Chisholm along her 1972 ...