Movie

Althea

“A documentary film about the trailblazing athlete, Althea Gibson”

★ 7.0(3)20141h 24m

Documentary

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Althea is streaming on OVID in Canada. Availability checked 12 June 2026.

Where to watch Althea

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Director: Rex Miller
Release date: 2014-11-14
Runtime: 1h 24m
Language: English
Status: Released
Studio: Icarus Films

About Althea

Althea is a 2014 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by Rex Miller, starring Althea Gibson. It has a runtime of 1 hour 24 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.0/10 from 3 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Althea in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Althea Gibson’s life and achievements transcend sports. A truant from the rough streets of Harlem, Althea emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper’s daughter, her family’s migration north to Harlem in the 1930s, mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring her story into a much broader realm of the American story.