Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

About Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

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).

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color (2021) is a documentary film directed by Cheri Gaulke. Released in July 2021, it runs 20 minutes.

The film is filed under artist, art, painter, and african american.

Alfre Woodard plays Alma Thomas (voice). The screenplay is by Sue Mayberry.

The Danish Girl, Lust for Life, and Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood make useful companions to Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color.