The Josephine Baker Story (Blu-ray) R
Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 17, 2012
- Originally Released: 1991
- Label: Hbo Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lynn Whitfield & Rubén Blades | |
Performer: | David Dukes, Louis Gossett, Jr. & Craig T. Nelson | |
Directed by | Brian Gibson | |
Subject: | Josephine Baker |
Entertainment Reviews:
70%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 297
...This breathlessly paced 131-minute drama conveys the star's humor and carnality...
USA Today
Charts the career of the world's first black international star
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Spirituality and Practice
Product Description:
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.