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CHISHOLM 72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED

Very interesting film. Many people are unfamiliar with Shirley Chrisholm. It is interesting to learn about the first Black congresswoman's run for presidential office and to learn some of the behind the scenes workings of these campaigns. On the tails of the recent big historic election, watching these old political ads and campaigns that many of the issues are the same - health, quality education, etc. At some points it gets a bit tedious. The actual footage is interspersed with real interviews of the actual players who could explain some of what went on at the time. Mrs. Chisholm was one feisty, inspiring, liberating and intelligent individual. This is inspirational and educational. Chisholm's courage and determination shows that all things are possible. Watching this makes one want to learn more about the politics of the time.

Unbought & Unbossed is the first historical documentary on Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and her campaign to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. Following Chisholm from the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami, Florida in July, the story is like her- fabulous, fierce, and fundamentally "right on." Chisholm's fight is for inclusion, as she writes in her book The Good Fight (1973), and encompasses all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political establishment, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm asks people of color, feminists and young voters for their support to "reshape our society and take control of our destiny as we go down the Chisholm Trail in 1972.Ä" To the surprise of many, voters responded. Starring Shirley Christholm, Congressman Barbara Lee, Reverend Walter Fauntroy.