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Film / 2018
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Directed by
Ilana Navaro
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)
Léonie SimagaNarrator (voice)
Sara MartinsJosephine Baker (voice)
Tracy Denean Sharpley-WhitingSelf
Simon NjamiSelf
Margo JeffersonSelf
Katja AmbergerSelf (voice)
Monia DouiebSpeaker (voice)
Anke Solveig JeschkeSelf (voice)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
Verena RendtorffSelf (voice)
Colette SodoyezSpeaker (voice)
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