In 1972, when Shirley Chisholm, a brilliant black congresswoman from Brooklyn boldly bid for the presidency, women had barely made it out of the kitchen, and the Civil Rights Act was still new. But, here was eloquent, composed, audacious Shirley Chisholm -- not only the first black woman in Congress, but the first woman to run for the nation's highest office -- demanding that the body politic actually represent all the American people.

GENRE: Documentary
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 16m
RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2004
STARRING: Shirley Chisholm, Amiri Baraka, Susan Brownmiller, Ronald V Dellums, Barbara Lee
DIRECTOR(S): Shola Lynch
PRODUCER(S): Phil Bertelsen, Shola Lynch
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STUDIO: Film Movement
OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE: http://chisholm72.net/ http://chisholm72.net/