Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

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Release date: July 20, 1999
Duration: 43 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Debbie Allen
Herself
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Arsenio Hall
Narrator
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Lynn Whitfield
Herself
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Josephine Baker
Herself (archival footage)