saint-georges, joseph bologne

Chronicles the life and musical accomplishments of Joseph Boulogne, an African man and the son of a slave who came to eighteenth-century France to study music, describing the hardships he faced and treatment by his peers, and discussing the realization of his dream to perform in front of the king and queen.

Recounts the true story of the life of Joseph Bologne, an eighteenth-century French man born to a slave mother and a wealthy father who was taken to France, renamed the Chevalier de Saint-George and educated as a young aristocrat.

Chronicles the life and musical accomplishments of Joseph Boulogne, an African man and the son of a slave who came to eighteenth-century France to study music, describing the hardships he faced and treatment by his peers, and discussing the realization of his dream to perform in front of the king and queen.