Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)

11/22/2018 (BE)

Documentary, Music

Overview

How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family “The Rainbow Tribe”, adopting twelve children from four corners of the world? This is the fabulous story of the first black superstar, Josephine Baker.

Top Billed Cast

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Léonie Simaga

Narrator (voice)

Sara Martins

Josephine Baker (voice)

Katja Amberger

Self (voice)

Monia Douieb

Speaker (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

biography

racial segregation

archive footage

black singer

superstar

josephine baker

old footage

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