“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.” // Continue Reading ›