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  • Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)
  • Short | 20 min | Documentary, Short
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021)
Short | 20 min | Documentary, Short
Alma W. Thomas was an overnight success -- 80 years in the making. Born a generation after slavery, Alma Woodsey Thomas grew up in the South, in a home where education was a priority. At 16, with racial tensions high and no further ...See moreAlma W. Thomas was an overnight success -- 80 years in the making. Born a generation after slavery, Alma Woodsey Thomas grew up in the South, in a home where education was a priority. At 16, with racial tensions high and no further schooling options, her family moved to Washington, DC, where she started her incredible life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate from Howard University (1924), the first African-American Woman to mount a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first African-American woman to exhibit her paintings in the White House (2009). All the while, she taught art at Shaw Jr. High for 36 years, pioneered educational techniques, traveled the world, and crossed racial barriers. Yet she did not receive national attention until six years before she passed. See less
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Director
Cheri Gaulke
Producer
Jonathan Gann
Cinematographer
Tim Wilson
Editor
Cheri Gaulke
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Jul 1, 2021 (United States)
Awards
2 wins & 2 nominations

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