Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

11/22/2018

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Documentary

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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 & CREW

Cast

Josephine Baker
Léonie Simaga
Sara Martins
Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Simon Njami

Directors

Ilana Navaro
Juliette Cazanave

INFORMATION

Production Companies

Kepler22 Productions
Novak Prod
ARTE
CNC

Production Countries

Belgium
Estonia
France
Greece

LANGUAGES

English
French

Cast

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Léonie Simaga

Narrator (voice)

Sara Martins

Josephine Baker (voice)

Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting

Self

Simon Njami

Self

Margo Jefferson

Self

Katja Amberger

Self (voice)

Monia Douieb

Speaker (voice)

Anke Solveig Jeschke

Self (voice)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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