Althea

Althea

2014
1h 24m
7.0

7.0/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

"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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Icarus Films
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

sports tennis

Quick Facts

Release Date November 14, 2014
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt2214799
Website Visit Site

Cast

Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

Key Crew

Billie Jean King
Executive Producer
Nancy Buirski
Producer
Elisabeth Haviland James
Producer
John Amos
Executive Producer
Rex Miller
Director
Bill Ackman
Executive Producer
Rex Miller
Producer