WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 6072

Title: I always wanted to be somebody : the Althea Gibson story

Alternate Titles:

Althea Gibson story

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Video

Date: 27 Aug 1998

Original Summary:

Stock footage gathered for Black Champions. "This documentary follows Althea Gibson's journey from  Harlem to Wimbledon, as she becomes a pioneering tennis and golf champion." - Worldcat summary

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Genres: Documentary

Subjects: Tennis players; Tennis

Name As Subjects: Gibson, Althea

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Narrator	Angelou, Maya
	Writer	Clarke, Carol
	Producer	Clarke, Carol
	Producer	Compton, Joyce
	Compiler	Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc.
	Production Company	Thunderhead Productions
	Director	Van der Grift, Paul

Items ^x1

	Item	Description
	6072-1	Video Tape : Video home system

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	4603	Black champions [stock footage]