A tender, revealing documentary about one of the most famous and popular performing artists of the 20th century. Her legendary banana belt dance created theatre history; her song "J'ai deux amours" ["I have two loves", in French] became a classic, and her hymn.

The film focuses on her life and work from a perspective that analyses images of Black people in popular culture. It portrays the artist in the mirror of European colonial clichés and presents her as a resistance fighter, an ambulance driver during WWII, and an outspoken activist against racial discrimination involved in the worldwide Black Consciousness movement of the 20th century.

a film by
Annette VON WANGENHEIM

Germany / US / France, 2006, documentary, 45mins, English/French/German with English subtitles

Original Title:
JOSEPHINE BAKER: BLACK DIVA IN A WHITE MAN'S WORLD (Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man's World)

Countries: GERMANY, U.S.A., FRANCE
Year: 2006
Languages: ENGLISH, GERMAN, AND FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Duration: 45 MIN

DIRECTOR
Annette von Wangenheim

DISTRIBUTION
ArtMattan Productions
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