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The Josephine Baker Story (1991) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 5, 2001
Running Time
2 hours, 10 minutes
Country USA
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• The Josephine Baker Story
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Genre: Drama, Biography, True Story, Tragedy, Drugs, Period Piece
Tagline: Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
Plot: This award-winning HBO original tells the story of Josephine Baker (a spectacular Lynn Whitfield), the 1920s black entertainer who had a turbulent showbiz career. Beginning with Josephine's birth into poverty in St. Louis, director Brian Gibson's film follows her escape to the vaudeville circuit, which takes her to Paris, where she meets her first husband and becomes notorious for her seminude banana dance. The film chronicles Baker's very rocky love life, her career downturns, her "rainbow family" of adopted children, and the racism--and rejection--she endured upon her return to America. As she finally achieves international stardom, she faces tragic events that threaten to overwhelm her. The outstanding cast includes Ruben Blades, Louis Gossett Jr., David Dukes, and Craig T. Nelson.
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Brian Gibson
The Juror, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, What's Love Got to Do with It |
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| Cast |
Ruben Blades
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Predator 2, The Devil's Own |
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Gods and Monsters, And the Band Played On, Fled | | Kene Holliday
The Philadelphia Experiment, No Small Affair, Badge of the Assassin | | |
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