Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

43 mins | Documentary | July 20, 1999

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.

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

43 mins | Documentary | July 20, 1999

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
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.
Producers
Original title Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Directors Mark Israel
Writers

Cast

Debbie Allen

as Herself

Arsenio Hall

as Narrator

Lynn Whitfield

as Herself

Josephine Baker

as Herself (archival footage)