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Elsa Keslassy
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Bien ou Bien Productions/ Studiocanal/Manuel Moutier On a crisp October afternoon in the Bois de Vincennes, on the outskirts of Paris, FKA twigs is transported back to 1950s America. Wearing a cream-colored pinstriped coat, a dark beret and black leather gloves, the British singer and dancer has been up since the early hours, with a 4 a.m. pickup for hair and makeup to transform into Josephine Baker, the legendary entertainer and civil rights activist.
Standing opposite her is Oscar-nominated actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who plays Baker’s mother. The two are filming a tense confrontation at a cemetery, a scene that cuts to the heart of Maïmouna Doucouré’s ambitious biopic.
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