Regina King and her sister, Reina King, produce a Netflix film called 'Shirley' to shed light on the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to seek the Democratic nomination for president.
Shirley Chisholm was the definition of a trailblazer. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress . She co-founded the Congress ional Black Caucus. And in one of her most audacious moves, in 1972 Chisholm became the first woman to seek the Democratic nomination for president. Still, Regina King and her sister, Reina King, say the storied lawmaker is not as well known as she should be. That was the driving reason behind their new Netflix film “Shirley.
” Not only does Regina King play Chisholm, focusing on her bold run for president, she and Reina produced it through their own company, Royal Ties Productions. It’s a passion project that’s taken them 15 years to realize. “Our understanding and awareness of Shirley Chisholm was mostly through our mother,” King told NBC News. “And then as we became young adults, we realized that so many people, not white people, but Black people would have no idea who we’re talking about when we mentioned her name
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