A Groundbreaking Run: Netflix Announces The Premiere Date For Its Upcoming Film ‘Shirley’ Starring Regina King + First Look Photos

Source:
Glen
Wilson
/
Netflix

Netflix
granted
us
our
first
look
at
its
new
movie

Shirley this
week
(January
9th).
Click
inside
to
check
it
out!

After
being
attached
to
the
project
since
2012
and
spending
over
a
decade
trying
to
get
it
green
lit,
Regina
King
will
finally
get
to
live
out
one
of
her
dreams.
The
Oscar
Award-winning
actress
will
play
Shirley
Chisholm
in
the
upcoming
feature
film.

The
official
synopsis
of
the
film
reads:

Shirley
tells
the
story
of
the
first
black
Congresswoman
and
political
icon,
Shirley
Chisholm,
and
her
trailblazing
run
for
President
of
the
U.S.
It
chronicles
her
audacious,
boundary-breaking
1972
presidential
campaign.

Chisholm’s
groundbreaking
run
for
President
of
the
United
States
(which
began
in
1972)
made
her
the
first
Black
candidate
to
seek
a
major
party’s
nomination
for
the
presidency.
By
the
time
the
run
started,
she
had
already
cemented
her
name
in
history.
Chisholm
became
the
first
Black
woman
to
be
elected
to
the
United
States
Congress
in
1968.
While
continuing
to
climb
the
political
ladder,
she
gained
more
and
more
respect
from
not
only
her
constituents,
but
also
her
peers.

Alongside
King, Shirley stars
Lance
Reddick
(The
Wire,
John
Wick franchise),
Lucas
Hedges
(Manchester
by
the
Sea),
Brian
Stokes
Mitchell
(Jumping
the
Broom),
Christina
Jackson,
Michael
Cherrie,
Dorian
Crossmond
Missick
(Six
Degrees),
Amirah
Vann
(How
to
Get
Away
with
Murder),
W.
Earl
Brown
(There’s
Something
About
Mary),
Brad
James
(Tyler
Perry’s
For
Better
or
Worse),
Reina
King,
André
Holland

(American
Horror
Story:
Roanoke)
and
Terrence
Howard
(The
Best
Man franchise, Hustle
&
Flow).

John
Ridley
wrote
and
directed
the
film.
He
also
produced
the
film
with
Regina
King,
her
sister
Reina,
Anikah
McLaren
and
Elizabeth
Haggard.
Jeff
Skoll
and
Ted
Gidlow
served
as
executive
producers
on
the
film,
which
is
set
to
premiere
exclusively
on
Netflix
on
Friday,
March
22,
2024.
Before
the
official
trailer
is
released,
check
out
our
first
look
of Shirley below!