Odessa's Reign (2021)

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

Released Oct. 13, 2021 22 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.washington-dc-usa, tmdb.organized-crime, tmdb.black-history, tmdb.lesbian-history, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.underworld, imdb.african-american + 3 more, imdb.washington-d-c, imdb.police, imdb.gambling