Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker (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.
- Date of release
- 1999-07-20
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Mark Israel
Casting
- Debbie Allen — Herself
- Arsenio Hall — Narrator
- Lynn Whitfield — Herself
- Josephine Baker — Herself (archival footage)
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