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Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

An overnight success, 80 years in the making.

Documentary

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.

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Cast

Alfre Woodard

Alma Thomas (voice)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$35,000
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Reel Plan

Crew

Director

Cheri Gaulke

Writers

Sue Mayberry

Chari Glogovac-Smith

Original Music Composer

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