Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Josephine Baker as Self (archive footage)
- Léonie Simaga as Narrator (voice)
- Sara Martins as Josephine Baker (voice)
- Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting as Self
- Simon Njami as Self
- Margo Jefferson as Self
- Katja Amberger as Self (voice)
- Monia Douieb as Speaker (voice)
- Anke Solveig Jeschke as Self (voice)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
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