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Danai Gurira to Play Pioneering Presidential Candidate Shirley Chisholm in New Film

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Angelique Jackson The story of the first Black congresswoman is heading to the big screen.Danai Gurira will star in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” portraying the titular political trailblazer in a story that follows Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential run.Cherien Dabis will direct the film, from a script written by Adam Countee.

Stephanie Allain will produce through her Homegrown Pictures banner, with Gabrielle Ebron as an executive producer.Though Gurira will play Chisholm, the movie is not a biopic, instead focused more centrally on the campaign and how “the Chisholm Trail was populated by young people who sought social and political change during one of the most turbulent times in American history.” At the time, Chisholm had already.

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