Shirley Chisholm's personal life. Much of Chisholm's personal life was alluded to in the film, but not explored in detail. In real life, Shirley Chisholm married Conrad Chisholm in the late 1940s.

From sharing Shirley Chisholm's story to working alongside her sister, the Netflix biopic was a deeply personal project for the Oscar-winner. Glen Wilson/Netflix Sharing the incredible true story ...

A biographical drama on the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to ever be elected to Congress, has inched its way up the Netflix chart to claim the No. 7 spot on the streamer’s most ...

Like George C. Wolfe’s superior film Rustin (also on Netflix), which blends its subject’s personal life with the planning and execution of a specific project (the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and ...

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, ... the designs allude to the power dynamics always at play in Chisholm’s personal and professional life. SHIRLEY.

Bringing the life story of activist Shirley Chisholm to screen wasn't an easy task for Regina King. "This has been a labor of love. My sister [Reina] and I have been at this for close to 15 years ...

Mere months after dropping “Rustin,” chronicling the life of unsung and openly gay March on Washington organizer Bayard Rustin, and weeks after the culmination of star Colman Domingo’s Oscar ...

Chisholm’s personal relationships get somewhat short shrift — the change of heart by Shirley’s initially disapproving sister (played by King’s real-life sister Reina King, who’s also a ...

The late Shirley Chisholm, who was the first Black woman ever elected to Congress, would have turned 100 years old later this year. Chisholm was a political trailblazer, paving the way for future ...

New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her ...

Shirley Chisholm's personal life. Much of Chisholm's personal life was alluded to in the film, but not explored in detail. In real life, Shirley Chisholm married Conrad Chisholm in the late 1940s.