Danai Gurira

  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    Danai Gurira to Star in Film of Pioneering Presidential Candidate Shirley Chisholm

    “Black Panther” star Danai Gurira is set to play the title role in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” a film about pioneering presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.Cherien Dabis (“Ramy,” “Ozark”) will direct the indie about the historic 1972 campaign for the highest office in the land. Adam Countee wrote the screenplay.“The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” won’t be a biopic, but rather a rousing campaign movie that mirrors today’s unprecedented politics. The Chisholm Trail was populated by young peop

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  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK

    Marvel says sorry for forgetting to include Danai Gurira's name on the 'Avengers: Endgame' poster

    Marvel has some emergency redesign work to do yesterday, after fans spotted that the studio had failed to credit Danai Gurira on the new poster for Avengers: Endgame.

  • NewsJihan Forbes

    Danai Gurira Is So Over Narrow Western Narratives of African Life

    Danai Gurira, playwright and actress, has spent much of her career trying to tell African stories we don’t normally hear much about. Her latest project, introduced on Saturday at the Global Citizen Festival in New York, is a short film that humanizes the terrible burden of the AIDS epidemic in Africa.