Synopsis
Shirley (2024) is a political biopic you can watch online on iFILM, with Regina King as Shirley Chisholm. In 1972, the first Black woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress mounts a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
King plays Chisholm with no polish — stubborn, blunt, willing to fight her own party. The campaign runs on almost no money and a handful of volunteers, while colleagues hedge and threats force a security detail to her side. Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard and André Holland round out the people who help her, doubt her, or quietly hold her back.
Director John Ridley, who wrote 12 Years a Slave, frames politics as grinding labor rather than soaring speeches. It's a quiet, talky drama that rewards anyone curious about how a campaign actually runs and wants to watch King carry a film end to end. Stream Shirley (2024) online on iFILM.
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