Danai Gurira Will Play Shirley Chisholm in New Feature

 

THR has confirmed that Danai Gurira has been unveiled as the star who will feature as boundary-breaking politician Shirley Chisholm in a new movie about Chisholm’s 1972 presidential run, titled The Fighting Shirley Chisholm.

A bit about Chisholm:

The first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968, Chisholm became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination. Her boundary-breaking campaign was marked by its youth engagement and her efforts to gain enough delegates to speak at the Democratic Convention. (Chisholm was recently portrayed by Uzo Aduba in Hulu miniseries Mrs. America.)

The outlet adds that Cherien Dabis is set to direct from a script by Adam Countee.

Stephanie Allain will produce through her Homegrown Pictures banner, with Gabrielle Ebr

We can’t wait!