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    Home Β» Viola Davis to star as Shirley Chisholm in Amazon project

    Viola Davis to star as Shirley Chisholm in Amazon project

    By SHOOTFriday, November 30, 2018Updated:Tuesday, May 14, 2024No Comments2156 Views
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    This combination photo shows actress Viola Davis, during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 9, 2018, left, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, D-N.Y., the first black woman elected to Congress, in 1971. (AP Photo)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis is gearing up to play groundbreaking politician Shirley Chisholm in a film for Amazon Studios.

    The company said Thursday that Davis has signed on to star in and produce the project about Chisholm, who was the first black woman ever elected to the United States Congress and the first woman to seek the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

    She represented New York's 12th District in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983, and sought the presidential nomination in 1972. Chisholm died in 2005 at age 80.

    Maggie Betts will direct Davis in "The Fighting Shirley Chisholm" off of a screenplay from "Silicon Valley" writer Adam Countee.

    The Hollywood trade website Deadline first reported the news.

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    The One Club names global winners for Next Creative Leaders 2025

    Thursday, November 6, 2025
    Winners have been announced for Next Creative Leaders 2025

    The One Club for Creativity has announced the 36 young creatives from 17 countries who are this year’s winners in Next Creative Leaders, a free global competition recognizing women and non-binary creatives on the rise.

    Celebrating its 10th year, Next Creative Leaders was created in partnership with The 3% Movement as the industry’s only free portfolio competition that identifies, celebrates, and provides a global platform to talented women, non-binary, and trans creatives who are making their mark on the world with both their work and unique point of view on creative leadership that’s changing the industry for the better.

    NCL winners, by region, are as follows:

    APAC
    Irish Bautista, associate creative director, BBDO Guerrero, Manila
    Rebecca Morriss, creative director, DDB Group Melbourne
    Samyu Murali, creative, Talented, Bengaluru
    Phoebe Sloane, creative director, Bullfrog, Melbourne

    Europe
    Maria Carrillo LΓ³pez, senior art director, DAVID Madrid
    Kiki Holshuijsen, senior Copywriter, GUT Madrid
    Dasha Ovechkina, associate creative director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
    Laura Rice, senior art director, and Aoife McCleary, senior creative copywriter (team), Forsman & Bodenfors Dublin
    Dian Sofia, designer, AMV BBDO London
    Winona Wee, senior creative, Wieden+Kennedy London

    Latin America
    Gabriela Barreira, senior art director, GUT SΓ£o Paulo
    Paola Berman, associate creative director, Grey Mexico City
    Bella Eger, copywriter, Wieden+Kennedy SΓ£o Paulo
    VitΓ³ria Ferrari, senior copywriter, Wieden+Kennedy SΓ£o Paulo
    Luisa Gabaldi, associate creative director, TBWAMedia Arts Lab, SΓ£o Paulo Read More

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