Josephine Baker - The Dance of Her Life

Extravagant singer and dancer, nightclub owner, a war heroine, the lady of the castle, mother of twelve children, and finally a black rights activist alongside Martin Luther King – it was all one woman. Josephine Baker.

Her life was colourful and rich, with no shortage of surprising twists and turns. Even when circumstances were not always in her favour, she never gave up. On the contrary, she has always stubbornly stood her ground, never stopping her efforts to end segregation and fighting passionately for the rights of ordinary African-Americans. A role in which she was as prominent and successful as she was as a glamorous star of the variety stage.

This compelling and inspiring narrative charts almost the entire life of a famous Parisian woman originally from a poor black neighbourhood in St. Louis. You will learn how she went from being an ordinary dancer to the darling of the City of Lights, how she received a decoration from the famous General Charles de Gaulle, what her love life was like and how her dream of „ rainbow family“ of adopted children of different skin colours.