约瑟芬·贝克以音乐和舞蹈打破种族界限，成为自由与平等的象征。txxx

　　Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920′s and 1930′s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975.