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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

Ilana Navaro

2018

  • Documentary
  • Music
7.9

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

  • Ilana NavaroDirector
  • 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)

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