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Source: Sundance Institute

Maimouna Doucoure

French filmmaker Maimouna Doucouré is set to write and direct a biopic of French dancer, singer and actor Josephine Baker.

The film is in development and will shoot in 2023.

Studiocanal are producing with France’s Bien Ou Bien Productions. CPB Films are co-producing.

Doucoure is best known for 2020’s Cuties which won her the directing award in world cinema at Sundance.

Her most recent film Hawa had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the Platform strand.