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The Josephine Baker Story
1991 · 130 min
A sweeping, earnest biopic that moves through decades of struggle and triumph, carried by a magnetic performance and a bittersweet sense of hard-won dignity.
- Directed by
- Brian Gibson
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Starring
- Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes
- Tagline
- Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
- 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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- Directed by
- Brian Gibson
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Starring
- Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes
