{"id":140884,"date":"2020-01-11T07:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T12:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=140884"},"modified":"2020-01-11T07:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T12:44:07","slug":"trailer-to-fx-limited-series-mrs-america-with-uzo-aduba-niecy-nash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/trailer-to-fx-limited-series-mrs-america-with-uzo-aduba-niecy-nash\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer To FX Limited Series, ‘Mrs. America\u2019 with Uzo Aduba & Niecy Nash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FX has released the first trailer for the limited series,\u00a0Mrs. America, which features Emmy Award winner\u00a0Uzo Aduba<\/strong> as politician\u00a0Shirley Chisholm <\/strong>and\u00a0Niecy Nash is Flo Kennedy.\u00a0<\/strong>Spanning nine episodes, the series will debut\u00a0April 15 on Disney’s FX on Hulu.<\/p>\n

The first two episodes are directed by the \u201cCaptain Marvel<\/strong>\u201d duo of\u00a0Anna Boden<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ryan Fleck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mrs. America tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett.<\/strong> Through the eyes of the women of that era – both Schlafly and second wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted our political landscape.<\/p>\n

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Along with\u00a0Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson, Margo Martindale, Ari Graynor, John Slattery, James Marsden, Jeanne Tripplehorn,Tracey Ullman, Melanie Lynske<\/strong>y, & Kayli Carter<\/strong>, Aduba is part of the 11 new additions to the drama series.<\/p>\n

Marsden (Westworld) as Phil Crane, a conservative congressman from Phyllis\u2019 home state of Illinois and one of her most powerful allies<\/p>\n

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Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) as Shirley Chisholm, who made history as the first African-American congresswoman. She also became the first African-American candidate to run for president from a national political party when she launched her unprecedented campaign in 1972.<\/p>\n

John Slattery (Mad Men) as Fred Schlafly, Phyllis\u2019 anti-Communist husband who was a prominent lawyer and GOP donor<\/p>\n

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Rose Byrne (Damages) as Gloria Steinem, the most recognizable leader of the women\u2019s movement, who co-founded the magazine Ms. and played a major part in the effort to pass the ERA<\/p>\n

Margo Martindale (The Americans) as Bella Abzug, a three-term congresswoman who spearheaded the effort to pass the ERA<\/p>\n

Ari Graynor (I\u2019m Dying Up Here) as Brenda Feigen-Fasteau, a Harvard-educated lawyer and young feminist who co-founded Ms. with Steinem<\/p>\n

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Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock) as Rosemary Thomson, a homemaker in Schlafley\u2019s inner circle who eagerly joined her fight against the ERA<\/p>\n

Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show) as Betty Friedan, known as the mother of the women\u2019s movement. An active proponent of the ERA, Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique and co-founded the National Women\u2019s Political Caucus.<\/p>\n

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Jeanne Tripplehorn (Criminal Minds) as Eleanor Schlafly, Fred\u2019s unmarried sister and a close confidant of Phyllis, who is also a devoted aunt to Phyllis\u2019 six children<\/p>\n

Kayli Carter (Godless) as Pamela, a young and impressionable (and fictional) housewife who is an early member of Phyllis\u2019 anti-ERA movement.<\/p>\n

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MRS. AMERICA — Pictured: Niecy Nash as Florynce “Flo” Kennedy. CR: Sabrina Lantos\/FX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nash will portray Flo Kennedy, friend and confidant to Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm, who co-created the Black Feminist Organization from salon style meetings in her apartment.<\/p>\n

The series is written by Dahvi Waller<\/strong> and executive produced by Stacey Sher, Waller, Coco Francini, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck<\/strong> and Blanchett. Micah Schraft<\/strong> is co-executive producer. The nine-episode limited series from FX Productions will have Waller as the showrunner.<\/p>\n