Althea
Althea

Movie·2014·1h 24m

Althea

A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

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.

Producer

Rex Miller, Elisabeth Haviland James

Cinematography

Rex Miller

Music

David Majzlin

Editor

Elisabeth Haviland James

Themes

sportstennis

Production House

Icarus Films

Audience Score

70%

3 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

// crew

Crew

Rex Miller

Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Elisabeth Haviland James

Producer, Editor

Nancy Buirski

Nancy Buirski

Producer

David Majzlin

Original Music Composer

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King

Executive Producer

John Amos

John Amos

Executive Producer

Bill Ackman

Bill Ackman

Executive Producer

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