Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)

07/15/2021 (EN) • Documentary • 20m

An overnight success, 80 years in the making.

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.

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)

07/15/2021 (EN) • 20m

Documentary

An overnight success, 80 years in the making.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Alma Thomas (voice)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

washington dc, usa

artist

painter

art

african american

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