First photo of FKA twigs as Joséphine Baker

The biopic directed by Maïmouna Doucouré is currently being filmed.

She will have two loves, her country and Paris, very soon in the cinema.

The first image of FKA twigs in Joséphine Baker’s flamboyant dress has just been revealed by StudioCanal.

The British singer, awarded at the Grammy Awards, will play the Franco-American icon, an emblematic figure of the 20th century, both a pioneering artist, intrepid activist and a timeless symbol of freedom, in a biopic written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré, the filmmaker of Cute And Hawaii.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giuseppe Maggio, Gregory Montel, Benjamin Millepied, Feodor Atkine, Alex Lutz and Harmony Riley complete the cast.

Co-written with Olivier Lorelle, the film will retrace “the extraordinary journey of the artist, from his rise to fame in Paris in the 1920s to his involvement in the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement. A romantic life, between stage, political combat and quest for freedom, which made Joséphine Baker one of the great figures of the 20th century“, according to the official synopsis.

Produced by StudioCanal and Bien ou Bien Productions, the feature film will be distributed theatrically by StudioCanal in France, but also in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand.

No release date yet.