Josephine Baker Black Diva in a White Mans World

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 Jai deux amours 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 cliches 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