Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
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
Mayah McCoy
as Josephine - Age 8
Ainslie Currie
as Josephine - Age 13
Pierre Magny
as Paul Colin
Franco Britt
as Victor
George Faison
as Emcee in Harlem Club / Male Singer
