Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
2021·20m
10.0/ 10 (1 votes)
“An overnight success, 80 years in the making.”
Documentary
Overview
Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first Black woman to have her paintings exhibited in the White House (2009). Yet she did not receive national attention until she was 80.
Director
Cheri Gaulke
Writers
Sue Mayberry
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Alma Thomas (voice)
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
Budget
$35,000
