Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
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.
Josephine Baker: The Story of an AwakeningDocumentary, Music
Cast
- Josephine Baker — Self (archive footage)
- Léonie Simaga — Narrator (voice)
- Sara Martins — Josephine Baker (voice)
- Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting — Self
- Simon Njami — Self
- Margo Jefferson — Self
- Katja Amberger — Self (voice)
- Monia Douieb — Speaker (voice)
- Anke Solveig Jeschke — Self (voice)
- Martin Luther King Jr. — Self (archive footage)
- Verena Rendtorff — Self (voice)
- Colette Sodoyez — Speaker (voice)
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