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The Big Picture In the new Netflix biopic, Shirley, Oscar-winner Regina King portrays the first Black woman to run for a major party nomination, Shirley Chisholm. The film, from writer-director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley , focuses on the revolutionary 1972 campaign that would pave the way to a new future, and that's only a piece of this historical figure's lifetime achievements.
Shirley PG-13 Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. HEDGES: For me, I've done a few plays. I’m not trying to pivot, but for me theater is much more terrifying. I think opening nights or the first day of previews. That's a rare kind of fear for me.
JACKSON: I will say that I've watched interviews from a ton of specifically Black actors throughout the years who've had these passion projects, who were told, “No one wants to see that,” or, “No one wants to know that story,” or, “This is too niche. Most audiences wouldn't connect to it.” I don't think that that's how art works.
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