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TMDB Rating 7

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Movie Details

Tag Line: Documentary on black American singer/dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1974), who emigrated to France where she was a major artist from 1927 until her death.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Mar 24, 1987

Rating: 1987-03-24

Run Time: 1h 30m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United Kingdom

Production Companies: Csaky Ltd , Channel 4 Television

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Synopsis

The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no conclusion, and black girls in search of a role-model tend to look elsewhere. Part of her appeal is her startlingly unique appearance. Simply nobody has ever looked or acted like her. She fits no black stereotype. Nor does she look like any recognizable strain of Afro-American. I'd always heard she was half-white, but it seems that her paternity is unknown, and her contradictory claims on the subject don't do much to enlighten us. (We are tempted to imagine quite an exotic mix.) Her origins in sharply-segregated St. Louis, where she is said to have witnessed a lynching, do not seem to have left her embittered. Perhaps she had too much to give. There is a special innocence about that smile, and when she performs her cross-eyed gag, we are lifted into a strange pixie-world, all its own.


Main Cast

Todd Olivier

Todd Olivier

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Self (Archival Footage)

Age : 68 | Popularity : 16%


Crew

Department Role Name
Art Production Design
David Raitt
David Raitt
Directing Director
Christopher Ralling
Christopher Ralling
Camera Camera Operator
Ken Morse
Ken Morse
Martin Rissen
Martin Rissen
Production Producer
Carla Ehrlich
Carla Ehrlich
Executive Producer
Mick Csáky
Mick Csáky
Editing Editor
Noel Chanan
Noel Chanan
Crew Sound Recordist
George Hitchins
George Hitchins
Mixing Engineer
Michael Narduzzo
Michael Narduzzo
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