Althea

Althea (2014)

A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2014-11-14
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Icarus Films
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Summary

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.

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    Production John Amos Executive Producer
    Production Nancy Buirski Producer
    Sound David Majzlin Original Music Composer
    Writing David Majzlin Musical
    Production Billie Jean King Executive Producer
    Directing Rex Miller Director
    Camera Rex Miller Director of Photography
    Production Rex Miller Producer
    Editing Elisabeth Haviland James Editor
    Production Elisabeth Haviland James Producer
    Production William Ackman Executive Producer