The Crow star and singer/performer FKA Twigs has been cast in the upcoming film on 1920s international superstar Josephine Baker. Variety reports that FKA Twigs is starring as the iconic dancer, actor and spy in an upcoming biopic directed by Cuties filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré. Studiocanal is co-producing with Bien ou Bien Prods and CPB Films. Thankfully, the film also has the seal of approval from Baker’s sons, Jean-Claude Boullion Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, as well as her adopted children, whom she called the Rainbow Tribe. This project is unrelated to the ABC limited series that was once in the works starring Ruth Negga as Baker , as well as a Janelle Monaé A24 project set back in 2022 . Highlights of Josephine Baker’s story Born in the U.S., Baker had a tremendous and impactful life as one of the first Black international celebrities of the 20th century. She became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture in 1927, when she starred in Siren of the Tropics ....
