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Althea
Title
Althea / edited and produced by Elisabeth Haviland James ; produced by Nancy Buirski ; directed and produced by Rex Miller ; a REXPIX Media production in association with Thornapple Films and Augusta Films.
Publication
[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (84 min.) : digital, sound, color with black & white sequences
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally produced by: REXPIX Media, ©2014.
Title from title frames.
Cinematographer, Rex Miller ; original score by David Majzlin.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed November 2, 2015).
Access and use
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Summary
Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court. A truant from the rough streets of Harlem, Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s. A sharecropper's daughter, Gibson's family migrate north to Harlem in the 1930s, when fame that thrust her into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement. This films gives this elite athlete the attention she so richly deserves as uncompromising and courageous trailblazer and American pioneer.
Variant and related titles
Docuseek2.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 30, 2018
Credits
Cinematographer, Rex Miller ; original score by David Majzlin.
System details note
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Videorecording number
if-alth Docuseek2
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
Augusta Films.
Icarus Films.
REXPIX Media (Firm)
Thornapple Films.
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