Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (1999)
Overview
From world-renowned performer of the Jazz Age, to WWII spy, to civil rights activist – a look into the iconic life and legacy of Josephine Baker, narrated by Arsenio Hall, including rare archive footage, and interviews with Debbie Allen, Lynn Whitfield (who portrayed Baker in The Josephine Baker Story), and two of Baker’s sons.
Cast
Debbie Allen
Herself
Arsenio Hall
Narrator
Lynn Whitfield
Herself
Josephine Baker
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