The Josephine Baker Story
Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
Starring: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr., Craig T. Nelson
Writer: Ron Hutchinson, Michael Zagor, Ron Hutchinson
Release Date:
March 16, 1991
March 16, 1991
Ratings:
5.7 / 10
5.7 / 10
Director:
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Companies:
HBO Films
HBO Films
Overview
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
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