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Shirley

Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

Director

John Ridley

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Participant,Royal Ties Productions

Awards

1 win

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81473752

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With Humphrey's delegates,
California's, Fauntroy's, you have almost... - Shirley

With Humphrey's delegates, California's, Fauntroy&...

We have not done anything yet.
You get on the phone to McGovern's people. - Shirley

We have not done anything yet. You get on the phone to McGov...

And you tell them if he wants my delegates
then he'd better start talking about - Shirley

And you tell them if he wants my delegates then he'd be...

...and then to get 250 delegates
at the last moment? - Shirley

...and then to get 250 delegates at the last moment?

Mr. Abernathy,
why are you on the floor? - Shirley

Mr. Abernathy, why are you on the floor?

Not that busy. Would've taken the call. - Shirley

Not that busy. Would've taken the call.

Well, we didn't quite get there,
but we did okay. - Shirley

Well, we didn't quite get there, but we did okay.

Then I would say
that your sources are wrong, - Shirley

Then I would say that your sources are wrong,

They're asking for my response - Shirley

They're asking for my response

- That's McGovern's campaign trying to...
- It's not coming from McGovern's campaign. - Shirley

- That's McGovern's campaign trying to... - It...

We had an agreement.
You promised your delegates to me. - Shirley

We had an agreement. You promised your delegates to me.

I told you I'd give you my delegates if
the voting went beyond the first ballot. - Shirley

I told you I'd give you my delegates if the voting went...

McGovern's going to have all he needs.
He's getting my delegates, Willie's... - Shirley

McGovern's going to have all he needs. He's gettin...

You can fold if you want,
but the rest of us, we're fightin'. - Shirley

You can fold if you want, but the rest of us, we're fig...

He's telling all the Black delegates
to get behind McGovern. - Shirley

He's telling all the Black delegates to get behind McGo...

The Black delegates
at this convention have a mandate - Shirley

The Black delegates at this convention have a mandate

- So the reaction was...
- Sentimental. - Shirley

- So the reaction was... - Sentimental.

Frankly, no other candidate
running for president could have. - Shirley

Frankly, no other candidate running for president could have...

A man who has the extraordinary ability
to lead this party into the future. - Shirley

A man who has the extraordinary ability to lead this party i...

- Ronald's got another thing coming.
- I need you to put out a statement. - Shirley

- Ronald's got another thing coming. - I need you to pu...

But right now, I need you to do as I ask. - Shirley

But right now, I need you to do as I ask.

Well... we had something. - Shirley

Well... we had something.

I understand the pressures
and everything that man was going through. - Shirley

I understand the pressures and everything that man was going...

And for me, when everybody
was ridiculing him and what have you, and... - Shirley

And for me, when everybody was ridiculing him and what have ...

I want you all to know - Shirley

I want you all to know

You find Ron,
and you tell him to come home to Shirley. - Shirley

You find Ron, and you tell him to come home to Shirley.

I dragged you kids
all the way down to Florida. - Shirley

I dragged you kids all the way down to Florida.

All the reasons that any of us had
to come down to this convention, - Shirley

All the reasons that any of us had to come down to this conv...

If I can't get there today, - Shirley

If I can't get there today,

And if the best I was able to do
is to remind people what's possible... - Shirley

And if the best I was able to do is to remind people what�...

I'm going to make a statement - Shirley

I'm going to make a statement

My intention over the last seven months - Shirley

My intention over the last seven months

I have wanted to be nothing more,
nothing less, than a catalyst for change. - Shirley

I have wanted to be nothing more, nothing less, than a catal...

Shirley Chisholm,
she opened the door for all of us. - Shirley

Shirley Chisholm, she opened the door for all of us.

I represent the 13th
Congressional District of California, - Shirley

I represent the 13th Congressional District of California,

What Shirley Chisholm
tried to do was teach us - Shirley

What Shirley Chisholm tried to do was teach us

Her legacy is directly connected to today. - Shirley

Her legacy is directly connected to today.

And so many of us have felt like
we could take that baton and keep running. - Shirley

And so many of us have felt like we could take that baton an...

{\an8}♪ Fight! ♪ - Shirley

{\an8}♪ Fight! ♪

♪ Fight! ♪ - Shirley

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Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Ridley

Writer: John Ridley

Production: Participant,Royal Ties Productions

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Mar 2024

Awards: 1 win

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81473752