The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story
Genre	Biography Drama History Music Romance
Screenplay by	Ron Hutchinson
Story by	Ron Hutchinson Michael Zagor
Directed by	Brian Gibson
Starring	Lynn Whitfield Rubén Blades David Dukes Craig T. Nelson Louis Gossett, Jr.
Music by	Georges Delerue Carolyn Dennis (singing voice: Josephine Baker)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. David Puttnam
Producers	John Kemeny Madeleine Henrié (associate producer) Alisa Taylor (associate producer)
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Running time	130 minutes
Production companies	Anglia Television HBO Films Sonar Entertainment
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	March 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)

The Josephine Baker Story is an American television film that first aired on HBO on March 16, 1991. It stars Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker, who is regarded for being the first international African-American star, despite her more prominent success in Europe. The film was generally well-received by critics and has become a success on home video and DVD. The original music score was composed by Georges Delerue. The film was nominated for several awards and won an Emmy Award for choreography by George Faison and for acting by Lynn Whitfield.

Cast

• Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker
• Rubén Blades as Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino
• David Dukes as Jo Bouillon
• Louis Gossett, Jr. as Sidney Williams
• Craig T. Nelson as Walter Winchell
• Kene Holliday as Sidney Bechet
• Vivian Bonnell as Josephine's mother
• Vivienne Eytle as Josephine's sister

External links

• The Josephine Baker Story at IMDb
• The Josephine Baker Story at AllMovie