Althea

Althea (2014)

Released: 2014-11-14 Duration: 1hr 24min
Genres: Documentary
Rating 7.0
A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson

Overview

Althea Gibson’s life and achievements transcend sports. A truant from the rough streets of Harlem, Althea emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper’s daughter, her family’s migration north to Harlem in the 1930s, mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring her story into a much broader realm of the American story.

Production Companies

Icarus Films

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.759

Directed By

Rex Miller

Crew

Director
Rex Miller
Producer
Rex Miller
Producer
Nancy Buirski
Musical
David Majzlin
Original Music Composer
David Majzlin
Executive Producer
Billie Jean King
Executive Producer
John Amos
Executive Producer
William Ackman
Director of Photography
Rex Miller

TOP CAST

Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

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