Rare archives resolve the puzzle of Josephine Baker's fascinating 50-year-long career.
The amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French Resistance, and became a civil rights activist. This is the journey of her awakening — from the "banana dancer" to a humanist fighter against racial injustice.
Rare archives resolve the puzzle of Josephine Baker's fascinating 50-year-long career.
The amazing story of the first Black superstar. Baker, born into poverty in Missouri in 1906, moved to France where she became a dancer hailed as the Queen of Paris, joined the French Resistance, and became a civil rights activist. This is the journey of her awakening — from the "banana dancer" to a humanist fighter against racial injustice.
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening is presented by your local public television station.
