In the Netflix biopic Shirley, Oscar-winner Regina King (If Beale Street Coud Talk) stars as congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm. The film, from writer-director and Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), chronicles the 1972 trailblazing campaign for the presidency by the first Black woman to set her sights on a major party nomination.
Check out the video above, or you can read the full transcript below, for our interview with Regina King, Reina King, and Terrence Howard on what it takes to get a monumental story like this one to the screen. The trio tell Collider's Steve Weintraub what it was like behind the scenes during the height of COVID restrictions, the difficulties of capturing a period piece, and celebrate Chisholm's contribution to the "American political fabric."
In addition to Regina and Reina King and Howard, Shirley also features Lance Reddick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, André Holland, Christina Jackson, Amirah Vann, Lucas Hedges, and more.
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