Movie

The Josephine Baker Story

★ 6/10 · 19 votes 1991 2h 10m Released

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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

Cast

Lynn Whitfield Josephine Baker Rubén Blades Count Giuseppe Pepito Abat David Dukes Jo Bouillon Louis Gossett Jr. Sidney Williams Craig T. Nelson Walter Winchell Kene Holliday Sidney Bechet