La rappresentazione mediatica Shirley Chisholm: memoria storica o agiografia? Un’analisi della produzione cinematografica e televisiva = The representation of Shirley Chisholm in the media: historical memory or hagiography? An analysis of cinema and television

This essay analyzes how the historical memory of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman in the United States Congress, and the first woman and black person to be a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, is being recovered. Two works will be considered: the 2020 miniseries Mrs. America, which deals with the attempt to introduce equality between sexes in the Constitution; and the 2024 movie Shirley, which tells the story of her campaign for the presidential primaries.