In the new Netflix biopic, Shirley, Oscar-winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) portrays the first Black woman to run for a major party nomination, Shirley Chisholm. The film, from writer-director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), focuses on the revolutionary 1972 campaign that would pave the way to a new future, and that's only a piece of this historical figure's lifetime achievements.

In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, Christina Jackson (Devotion), who plays Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), who plays writer and editor Robert Gottlieb, talk about stepping into the shoes of a real person. They talk about the pressure and "kinship" of portraying someone who is still alive and making history today, as well as the challenges of previous projects. On the topic of telling Chisholm's remarkable story, and why it's taken decades to do so, Jackson opens up about the reasons why.

Shirley also features Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, Reina King, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Amirah Vann, and André Holland.

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