Janelle Monáe to play Josephine Baker in De La Resistance TV series
Janelle Monáe is set to star as Second World War spy and bisexual jazz performer Josephine Baker in De La Resistance. The new series will focus on Baker’s effort to help the French resistance in its battle against the Nazis, Deadline reported. Monáe is a huge fan of the entertainer and freedom fighter, who in 1927 became the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture – Siren of the Tropics. She made a name for herself as one of the most prominent entertainers in Paris during the…
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