HBO’s Black Women Artist Biopics: The Josephine Baker Story and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

This paper analyses cable television HBO’s 1990s biopics based on the life stories of the African American dancer and singer Josephine Baker (The Josephine Baker Story, Brian Gibson, 1991) and the actress Dorothy Dandridge (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Martha Coolidge,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hélène Charlery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines 2016-12-01
Series:Revue LISA
Subjects:
HBO
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/8993