Althea (2014)
Althea (2014)
A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson
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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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.


Tagline: A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson
Certification: U

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 14 November 2014

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Runtime: 84m

Company Credits

Company: Icarus Films

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Cast

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

Directed By

Rex Miller

Rex Miller

Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Nancy Buirski

Nancy Buirski

Producer

John Amos

John Amos

Executive Producer

Elisabeth Haviland James

Elisabeth Haviland James

Producer

Rex Miller

Rex Miller

Producer

William Ackman

William Ackman

Executive Producer

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King

Executive Producer

Edited By

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Sound

David Majzlin

David Majzlin

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Rex Miller

Rex Miller

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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