Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Never Does Her Justice

The Regina King-starring biopic about the first Black woman presidential candidate doesn’t do its subject (or the star who plays her) justice. Photo: Glen Wilson/Netflix To damn by faint praise: Shirley is a perfectly serviceable film. John Ridley’s docudrama about Shirley Chisholm’s trailblazing but ill-fated 1972 presidential run doesn’t do much beyond the very basics… Continue reading Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Never Does Her Justice