FKA Twigs Becomes Josephine Baker in First Look at Maïmouna Doucouré’s Buzzy Biopic
The lavish film follows Baker’s return to the United States in 1951 and uses 2,400 extras and detailed period sets to trace her life.
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FKA Twigs Becomes Josephine Baker: Inside the Lavish, Globe-Spanning Biopic from Maimouna Doucouré and Studiocanal
On a crisp October afternoon in the Bois de Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, FKA twigs is transported back to 1950s America. Wearing a cream-colored pinstriped coat, a dark beret and black leather gloves, the British singer and dancer has been up since the early hours, with a 4 a.m. pickup for hair and […]
Josephine Baker's cinebiography brings FKA twigs in the role of the legendary artist, dancer and civil rights activist. Under the direction of Maïmouna Doucouré (from ‘Hawa'), production recreates different moments of Baker's trajectory, including his rise on the Parisian stage during the 1920s, when it became a sensation in the iconic cabaret Folies [...] The post FKA twigs plays Josephine Baker in the first image of cinebiography appeared firs…
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