“The Story of the Black Virgin”

Goddess or girl; saint or sinner, follow us on one woman’s quest for freedom.

Madrid-It was a time of great change and upheaval. As Paris struggled to recover from the devastation of World War I people yearned for an expression of joy, of what it could mean to live free of sorrow, fear and anger. Change was in the air brought by newly found appreciation of African visual arts and that African American cross cultural hybridization know as jazz. This rebellious, new sound began to fill the air with new possibilities. And on October 2, 1925 this new expression found it’s catalyst in the explosive movements and bold decision of a young African American woman named Josephine Baker.