John Ridley’s ‘Shirley’ To Debut This March on Netflix

Netflix has announced the release date for John Ridley‘s Shirley, which will star Regina King, Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, W. Earl Brown, Brad James, Reina King, André Holland and Terrence Howard. The film will make its way to the streaming service on March 22.

Written and directed by Ridley, the film will tell the story of “the first black Congresswoman and political icon, Shirley Chisholm, and her trailblazing run for president of the U.S. It chronicles her audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign.”

Netflix announced its release date through a teaser, which you can look at below: