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Princess Tam Tam / Zou Zou (Zouzou)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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ln the 1930s, bIack performers were forbidden to steal the spotIight from white actors on the American screen. To circumvent this unwritten Iaw, singer/dancer/comedian Josephine Baker accepted the invitation to work in France. The resulting fiIms—Princess Tam Tam and Zou Zou—reveaI what segregationist producers in the U.S. were afraid of: a confident, sexy, scene-stealing African American woman who spewed exuberance, expressiveness and raw charisma like an uncorked bottIe of champagne. Princess Tam Tam is a PygmaIion-like comedy in which Josephine Baker stars as a mischievous shepherd girI who rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris nightlife. Conceived as a vehicle for Baker, then among Europe’s most popular entertainers, Zou Zou was her debut talking film. In the tradition of 42nd Street, it teIls the story of a talented CinderelIa (Baker) who saves a show and becomes an overnight sensation. Features Josephine's poignant rendition of "Haiti," sung while clad in feathers and swinging in a birdcage.
SpeciaI Features:
-Three 2005 documentary shorts focus on Josephine Baker: "The Woman," "The Performer, "and "The Films." Includes interviews with actress Lynn WhitfieId, theater critic Margo Jefferson, dance historian EIizabeth KendaII and Baker’s adopted son Jean-Claude.
-Video tour of Chez Josephine, Jean-Claude Baker’s culinary exhibition of rare Josephine Baker paintings and posters.
-The Fireman of the Folies-Bergère, a 1928 short featuring Baker
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