Official Trailer for ‘Shirley’ – Starring Regina King as Shirley Chisholm
by Alex Billington
February 19, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Fearless. Fierce. First.” Netflix has revealed the official trailer for their upoming biopic film titled Shirley, from filmmaker John Ridley following his NOLA hospital thriller series Five Days at Memorial just before this. The film is now set for streaming in March on Netflix, and based on early test screening reviews, it’s not going to make much of an impact (which is why it didn’t open in last year’s awards season). Shirley tells the story of the first Black congresswoman in America’s history and a political icon, Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for President of the United States years ago. It chronicles her audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign. The film stars Regina King in the lead role as Shirley Chisholm, with Lance Reddick (RIP), Terrence Howard, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Michael Cherrie, Christina Jackson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, and André Holland. This looks like a by-the-numbers biopic in every way. Yet still empowering: “I just want to remind people what’s possible.”
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for John Ridley’s Shirley, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
“Shirley Chisholm’s fearless determination has been an inspiration to so many of us, and with this film we hope to inspire many generations to come.” –Actress Regina King
Shirley tracks the dynamic presidential campaign in 1972 run by America’s first Black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm. Based on her life story rights through an exclusive agreement with the Chisholm Estate, the film offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the most ground-breaking political leaders of our time during a seminal period in modern American history. Shirley is both written and directed by American producer / filmmaker John Ridley, of the films Cold Around the Heart, Jimi: All Is by My Side, Needle in a Timestack, and the recent series Five Days at Memorial, plus the doc Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, as well as lots of TV work including “American Crime” and “Guerrilla”. Based on the true story of Shirley Chisholm. Produced by Regina King & Reina King, Anikah McLaren & Elizabeth Haggard, and John Ridley. This hasn’t premiered at any film fests or elsewhere, as far as we know. Netflix will release Ridley’s Shirley film streaming on Netflix worldwide starting on March 22nd, 2024 coming soon. Look any good?
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