Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. 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. Written by John Sacksteder

• HBO Films
• Lynn Whitfield
• Rubén Blades
• David Dukes
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• Craig T. Nelson
• Kene Holliday
• Vivian Bonnell
• Mayah McCoy