Milwaukee’s Oscar-winning writer-director bringing ‘Shirley’ premiere to Oriental Theatre [Video]

BITTERNESS. AS WE COUNT DOWN TO THE OSCARS, MILWAUKEE’S OWN OSCAR WINNING DIRECTOR, JOHN RIDLEY, HAS A NEW FILM OUT THIS MONTH. 12 NEWS ANCHOR GERRON JORDAN SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BIOPIC AND HIS PUSH TO BRING MORE PRODUCTIONS TO WISCONSIN. I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HOLY. A NEW FILM OUT THIS MONTH ON NETFLIX BRINGS THE LIFE OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM TO THE SILVER SCREEN. I THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW THE NAME SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, BUT THEY DON’T KNOW THE PERSON. REGINA KING STARS IN SHIRLEY, CHRONICLING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO SEEK A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY’S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. IT’S IN MILWAUKEE. WHETHER IT’S NATIONALLY, AS SHIRLEY STORY WAS, IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TELL THOSE STORIES AND FOR EVERYBODY TO WITNESS THE FACT THAT WE …