Shirley (2024)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 117 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: John Ridley
Stars: Regina King, Lance Reddick and Lucas Hedges
IMDb score:
6,2 (3.743)
Releasedate: 21 March 2024
Shirley plot
"Fearless. Fierce. First."
Shirley Chisholm is the first African-American female congresswoman in the United States and the first black woman to run for president in 1972. As a teacher from Brooklyn, she wants to make a difference. However, due to her origins and the prejudices of her colleagues and her own family and friends, she has to fight harder to stand her ground in the tough political world.
Actors and actresses
Shirley Chisholm
Wesley McDonald 'Mac' Holder
Robert Gottlieb
Walter Fauntroy
Arthur Hardwick Jr.
Conrad Chisholm
George Wallace
Barbara Lee
Ron Dellums
Reviews & comments
Mickey b
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- 766 messages
- 577 votes
Politically true biography about the first African-American woman to run for president of America. Lots of political dialogues. I like this genre of films, but I had the feeling that it all remained a bit superficial. Had little affection for the characters. What I did like is the 70's atmosphere with ditto soundtracks. The fact that it was true is a plus. Nice binoculars without any real highlights. 3*
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
A somewhat lackluster biography about the groundbreaking career of an American politician. In my opinion it could have been a bit spicier.
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clubsport
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- 4172 messages
- 7165 votes
The whole basic trope of the strong, flexible leader clearly illustrates how Hollywood has been steeped in extreme identity-political obsessive thinking for years, it's no longer about quality, knowledge and sincerity, it's purely about skin color and gender and with these two boxes neatly ticked, Shirley is the ultimate example of the disadvantaged minority group and oppressed sex who of course must be perfect for that reason alone, at least that's how she is naturally portrayed, something that is of course far from realistic.
Her husband is also the perfect husband and their marriage is also described as almost perfect in the film, except for some disagreements. I was also very surprised to read in the credits that they were divorced 5 years later, but it is not really surprising, she takes on the male role but when she is attacked she expects her husband to suddenly take on the male role.
A role he had clearly given up long ago.
Regina King plays her role well, Tomson has described it well above, her character remains superficial because the subject is approached very superficially, the political system is also not criticized anywhere and after seeing the last few elections there, that is really necessary
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