ShirleyNetflix, review by Yvette Huddleston
This excellent biopic of trailblazing African-American politician Shirley Conran, who in 1972 ran for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, benefits from a powerful yet layered performance from Regina King in the lead role. Conran was an extraordinary woman who during her lifetime achieved many significant things, and is not as well-known as she should be, so a filmic celebration of her life and career is long overdue.
A seasoned feminist and civil rights campaigner, she refuses to be ruffled by this and puts him firmly in his place. Neither is she content with the committee she has been assigned to – agriculture. She rightly challenges this, it doesn’t make sense, she argues, for her as an inner-city New York politician, or for the people she represents in Brooklyn. And she forcefully communicates this to the speaker of the House.
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