Althea
(DVD)

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Contributors
Miller, Rex (Cinematographer), television director,
James, Elisabeth Haviland, editor of moving image work,
Buirski, Nancy, television producer.
Rexpix Media Productions, production company.
Thornapple Films, production company.
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
DVD 796.0924 ALTHEA
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
841887026475

Notes

Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Rex Miller ; edited by Elisabeth Haviland James ; original score, David Majzlin.
Participants/Performers
Althea Gibson.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast Sept. 4, 2015 as an episode of the PBS television series: American Masters.
Description
Althea Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper's daughter, her family's migration to Harlem, her mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and her fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring the story into a much broader realm of African American history, transcending sports.
Target Audience
TV Parental Guidelines Rating: TV-PG +L (coarse or crude language).
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.
Language
In English; with optional English subtitles.