Nina Simone
Birthday: 1933-02-21
Place of Birth: Tryon, North Carolina, USA
Biography: Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Wikipedia
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Why Is We Americans?
The story focuses on Newark's Baraka family and its involvement in social activism, poetry, music, a...
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Piano Greats at the BBC
A collection of songs from the kings and queens of the keyboards, whose performances have captivated...
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Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68
Two incredible concerts from 1965 and 1968 showcasing the multifaceted diva in all her glory. Simone...
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Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's
Ronnie Scott’s opened in 1959 to provide a place where British Jazz musicians could jam. Eventually,...
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Nina Simone: The Legend
The Legend, on Nina’s life and music, was made in France by Frank Lords and it is told in large part...
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Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live 1961-62)
Nina Simone has always been hard to classify. The “High Priestess of Soul” was trained as a classica...
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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held ...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w...
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What Happened, Miss Simone?
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate...
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They All Came Out to Montreux
Utilizing a wealth of archival footage featuring Prince, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis and more, They...
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Black Woodstock
The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as "Black Woodstock", was a series of music concerts held i...
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fue...
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Nina Simone - Live at Montreux 1976
Nina Simone was one of the greatest female vocalists of the 20th Century. She was equally at home si...
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Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image foota...
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The Amazing Nina Simone
The life, legacy and musical accomplishments of singer, musician, pianist, songwriter and Civil Righ...
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, cele...
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How It Feels to Be Free
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey...
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Nina Simone: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1987
On July 10, 1987, Nina Simone performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious a...
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest epi...
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Nina: A Historical Perspective
This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at v...
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Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares for Me
Animated promotional video for Nina Simone's 1987's relaunch of her single "My Baby Just Cares for M...
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Nina Simone Resonances at the Paris Pantheon
ALA.NI, Patrice, Celeste, Kareen Guiock Thuram, Kham Meslien and Youn Sun Nah celebrate the legacy o...
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Nina Simone: Live in Antibes - July 24th, 1965
Nina Simone live at Jazz à Juan — the International Jazz Festival in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France ...
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documenta...
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-b...
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Nina Simone Black Journal Segment
This is an excerpt from an episode of "Black Journal," one of the earliest black-produced newsmagazi...
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