Former “The Walking Dead” and “Black Panther” star Danai Gurira will play boundary-breaking politician Shirley Chisholm in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm”.
The first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968, Chisholm became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination. Her 1972 campaign was marked by its youth engagement and her efforts to gain enough delegates to speak at the Democratic Convention.
Cherien Dabis is set to direct from a script by Adam Countee, while Stephanie Allain will produce. Chisholm was recently played by Uzo Aduba in the Hulu miniseries “Mrs. America”.
Source: THR
