Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.

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

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Main Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr., Craig T. Nelson, Kene Holliday, Vivian Bonnell, Mayah McCoy, Ainslie Currie, Pierre Magny

Director: Brian Gibson

Writers: Ron Hutchinson, Michael Zagor

Editor: Graham Walker

Cinematographer: Elemér Ragályi

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