{"id":8220,"date":"2022-05-05T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2023-07-21T00:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:55:39","slug":"janelle-monae-to-star-as-josephine-baker-in-new-a24-tv-series-de-la-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/janelle-monae-to-star-as-josephine-baker-in-new-a24-tv-series-de-la-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Mona\u00e9 To Star As Josephine Baker In New A24 TV Series \u2018De La Resistance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/j.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8221\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/j.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/j-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/j-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/j-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/janelle-monae-josephine-baker-tv-series-a24-1235015964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reports that singer, actress, and writer Janelle Mona\u00e9 will star as the legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker in a new TV series from A24 titled <em>De La Resistance<\/em>. Mona\u00e9 will also serve as a producer of the film via her company Wondaland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The series will center on Baker\u2019s role as an Allied spy during World War II. Baker helped the Allied Forces defeat Nazi Germany as a spy for the French, and also became one of the most prevalent superstars of her time. In 1927, Baker made history as the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, <em>Silent of the Tropics<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Mona\u00e9, Baker has been a steady source of inspiration for her own fashion sense. Just recently at this year\u2019s Met Gala, Mona\u00e9\u2019s \u201cBlack Venus\u201d outfit was influenced by Baker and the trends of the 1920s.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Outside of her prolific career as a singer, Mona\u00e9 is widely known for her phenomenal roles in <em>Hidden Figures<\/em>, <em>Harriet<\/em>, and <em>Moonlight<\/em>. She also has recently released her debut novel The Memory Librarian, which was featured on the New York Times Best Seller list.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jennifer Yale (<em>Outlander<\/em>, <em>Underground<\/em>) is the creator and showrunner of <em>De La Resistance<\/em>. Damien Lewis is the co-executive producer, and his upcoming book on Josephine Baker <em>The Flame of Resistance <\/em>will be released later this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>De La Resistance<\/em> is the most recent in a chain of Baker projects that are being created for television and film.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline reports that singer, actress, and writer Janelle Mona\u00e9 will star as the legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker in a new TV series from A24 titled De La Resistance. Mona\u00e9 will also serve as a producer of the film via her company Wondaland. The series will center on Baker\u2019s role as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[31,97,1301,51],"class_list":["post-8220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured","tag-janelle-monae","tag-josephine-baker","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}