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Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Josephine Decker and written by Sarah Gubbins, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell, which formed a "largely fictional story" around novelist Shirley Jackson during the time period she was writing her 1951 novel Hangsaman. [5]
Mar 22, 2024 · In Netflix’s Shirley, Chisholm (Regina King) tells women in Florida if they raise money for her presidential run, she’ll throw her hat in the ring, and is shocked when advisors tell her the women...
Shirley is a 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by John Ridley. It depicts the 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, who was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
Feb 20, 2024 · In Shirley, King portrays the American trailblazer Shirley Chisholm, a politician who made history as the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black candidate to seek a major party's nomination for president. The movie specifically focuses on her 1972 presidential campaign bid.
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Jun 5, 2020 · Shirley: Directed by Josephine Decker. With Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman. A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
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- Biography, Drama, Mystery
- Josephine Decker
- 2020-06-05
Mar 26, 2024 · Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's historic 1972 run for president is the subject of a new film on Netflix starting March 22. The film stars Regina King as the history-making...
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Mar 22, 2024 · John Ridley's "Shirley" examines the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm ( Regina King ), the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, and the first woman to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President.
