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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. [ 4]
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.
Mar 22, 2024 · Shirley: Directed by John Ridley. With Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges. Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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.
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.
Feb 19, 2024 · Directed by John Ridley and co-starring, Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, with André Holland and Terrence Howard,...
Elevated by outstanding work from Elisabeth Moss, Shirley pays tribute to its subject's pioneering legacy with a biopic that ignores the commonly accepted boundaries of the form. Read Critics ...
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The story of the first Black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for president of the United States. Watch Shirley with a subscription on Netflix. Regina King does a stellar...
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Mar 26, 2024 · Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 run for president is the subject of the Netflix biopic, “Shirley,” that was released on March 22, 2024.
Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson (Moss) is on the precipice of writing her 1951 masterpiece Hangsaman, when the arrival of newlyweds (Young, Lerman) upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband (Stuhlbarg).
