From Variety
Grammy-nominated artist FKA Twigs is in negotiations to star as Josephine Baker, the pioneering American-born French dancer, singer and actor, in a biopic which will be directed by Maimouna Doucouré, the filmmaker behind “Cuties.”
Studiocanal is financing and co-producing the film, as well as handling international sales. Doucouré’s banner Bien ou Bien Prods is producing with Studiocanal, alongside with CPB Films. The biopic has also been endorsed by Josephine Baker’s sons, Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, and the Rainbow Tribe, which is what she dubbed her many adopted children.
Baker, a trailblazing entertainer and civil rights activist, became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture (“Siren of the Tropics”) in 1927.
11 comments:
Ahhh that’s why she went as her at the Met
There is a resemblance but can she act and dance?
Can American actors play American roles? Just thinking bout that Harriet Tubman movie... smh
I’ll pass
If she is not a triple (sing, dance, act) threat then she needs to have a seat. LOLO
Lynn Whitfield already did this with respect and pride. Not needed or wanted.
B.S.
Lynn Whitfield could not come close to Josephine Baker if she used all the talent in her little body. Baker was so explosive on stage and screen that she became the #1 star in Paris and all of the world except for the racist U.S. She was the Marilyn Monroe of her day. I don't know if Twigs can do it but she's closer than Whitfield.
Bey wanted this role
The film with Whitfield as Baker is excellent.
No video of Lauryn Hill performing at Malcolm X's 100th birthday celebration? She showed up and showed out.
The Josephine Baker story was already done by Lynn Whitfield and it was excellent.
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