NY’s Shirley Chisholm, still ‘Unbought and Unbossed,’ debuts on Netflix
A new film about late New York Rep. Shirley Chisholm zeroes in on her 1972 Democratic presidential run, which was famously the first by a Black woman for any major political party.
"Shirley" follows in the footsteps of “Selma,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” and last year’s “Rustin” as the latest movie about a pivotal African American historical figure. But unlike those others, “Shirley,” which will begin streaming on Netflix on Friday after a brief theatrical run, is the relatively rare film to center a Black woman.
The Democratic nomination would ultimately be secured by Sen. George McGovern, whom incumbent Republican Richard Nixon would later defeat in a landslide during the 1972 general election.
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