Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, and a new movie is telling her story. "Shirley," out now on Netflix, focuses on Chisholm's run for the 1972 Democratic presidential ...

Chisholm gives a speech forcing the black delegation at the Democratic Party convention to confront their deceptions: She ...

Abate’s 16mm films The Tanti Man, The Zero Order and Chisholm invoke Kenneth Anger-esque horny montage fantasies of personal psychodrama and popular culture syncopated to nostalgic tunes.

The movie follows Chisholm’s historic presidential run as she overcomes obstacles, including racism and misogyny. The film also explores Shirley’s relationship with Alabama’s segregationist ...