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Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
“An overnight success, 80 years in the making.”
10.0 / 10• 2021• 20m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alfre Woodard
Alma Thomas (voice)
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5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cheri Gaulke's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
