Althea gibson documentary

29 Aug 2015 Althea. a documentary about the trailblazing tennis pioneer Althea Gibson. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Doors open at 7 p.m. Film begins at. 6 Sep 2015 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) There will be a screening of the documentary about tennis legend and Wilmington native Althea Gibson. Althea Gibson, who was Serena Williams a good 40 years before Serena, is the subject of a new documentary that will be shown at film festivals this spring.

Althea Gibson, a truant from the rough streets of Harlem, emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950.s. Gibson was the f. Make research projects and school reports about Althea Gibson easy with credible Also in 1999 a documentary of Gibson.s life was published, an obvious.

5 Mar 2014 Althea Gibson was the first black athlete to cross the color line of professional tennis. 27 Aug 2015 The Harlem-based National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) has made a grant in support of Althea,. the award-winning documentary.

Long Island Premiere of the Documentary Film "Althea" - HMTC

2 Sep 2015 Durham filmmaker Rex Miller was inspired to make the Althea Gibson documentary after rediscovering a photograph of the tennis great with his. 25 Aug 2015 Althea, an award-winning documentary about trailblazing tennis star Althea Gibson, is slated for nationwide premiere on PBS, Friday, Sept.

Althea Gibson Documentary Airs 9/4/15, Talk Tennis

8 Jun 2015 In Rex Miller.s AFI DOCS 2015 documentary ALTHEA, the filmmaker delves into the fascinating life of Althea Gibson, the first African-American. 4 Sep 2015 Althea Gibson working out at Forest Hills for the first time in July 1950, is the subject of a new PBS "American Masters" documentary, "Althea. 31 Aug 2015 In fact, it was female pro Althea Gibson, who won the championship in both 1957 and 1958. In the American Masters documentary Althea,.

4 Sep 2015 Depending where you live PBS is showing the Althea Gibson documentary, tonight at 10. 26 Aug 2015 PBS will air a new dicumentary about Althea Gibson at 9pm 9/4/15. lots of other things going on in her honor.

31 Jul 2015 Film director Rex Miller joined Murph & Mac Friday to talk about his documentary on the amazing life of Althea Gibson. The West Coast.

Some clips of b-roll from the Althea Gibson film project, a documentary feature currently in-progress. directed by Rex Miller. Althea broke the color barrier at. 18 Aug 2015 ALTHEA Documentary to Premiere on LI. The Long Island premiere of ALTHEA, a documentary about the life of tennis great Althea Gibson. 18 Aug 2015 Gibson was the first black tennis player to compete at Wimbledon, of the documentary about tennis legend Althea Gibson, "Althea," on.