Regina King brings Shirley Chisolm’s legacy to life

(**1/2) She was a pioneer. A political warrior. A woman who’s earned an esteemed place in herstory.& After Frederick Douglas (1848), Edwin Taylor (1904) and Channing E Phillips (1968). Before Jesse Jackson (1984), Alan Keyes (1992) and Barack Obama (2008). There was Shirley Chisolm (1972). All vied to be president of the United States. She was the only Black woman who dared to enter the ring. First black candidate vying for a major-party nomination. First woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Distinctions that deserve more than just an honorable mention.& Giving Shirley Chisolm her due has been a passion project for actress/producer Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) and her producing partner and sister Reina King. Their love and respect for Shirley is in every frame of their bio/dra/history film. Respectively the movie chronicles Chisolm’s first days in Congress as a U.S. representative from New York City’s 12th district, which includes Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant. Then recounts her decision to run for president and all the roadblocks that ensued.  Photo provided What it doesn’t do is give the audience her backstory. Early events that would help viewers understand how she got her drive, ambition and keen ability...