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Odessa's Reign

  • October 2021
  • 22mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Robin N. Hamilton,

    Starring

    Virginia Ali,

    Bernie Demczuk,

    Sharon Harley,

    Rohulamin Quander

    ...

    Black women had extremely limited options during Jim Crow. Odessa’s story explores how an African American woman born in a time with limited options leveraged her incredible mind and quick wit to become wealthier than she ever should have been able to This film takes a look at choices that were made, a wild ride Odessa had as an underworld queen, and consequences from her choices Odessa Madre’s life was a mix of resilience and bookend by the vicissitudes of luck, a contrast of economic success within