Netflix hopes to change that with Shirley, a biopic focusing on Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential run starring Regina King as the politician. To prepare for the role, King immersed herself in...

Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Josephine Decker from a screenplay by Sarah Gubbins, based on the 2014 novel 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: 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.

Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. Watch trailers & learn more.

"Shirley tells the story of the first Black congresswoman, political icon Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for president. It chronicles her audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign."

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.

Who is Shirley Jones? Shirley is an American actress and singer, perhaps still best known for her role as Shirley Partridge in the popular 1970s TV series “The Partridge Family”.