CHISHOLM '72: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED

Shirley Chisholm, Octavia Butler, Walter Cronkite, George Wallace

Film Movement; Directed by Shola Lynch

Not Rated; 76 minutes; 2004

Outspoken black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm made a bid for the presidency in 1972 despite enormous obstacles. Chisholm ran her campaign on her own terms. She spoke her mind and was not beholden to any group or committee. She failed to get the nomination but she was taken very seriously and provided a symbolic victory for anyone who has ever dreamed the American Dream.