Odessa's Reign

• Movie
• 2021
• 22m
• Documentary

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

Director

Robin N. Hamilton

Starring

Virginia Ali, Bernie Demczuk, Sharon Harley, Rohulamin Quander