The Amazing Nina Simone

2015

110 mins

Directed by Jeff L. Lieberman
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Documentary
Music

Iconic jazz singer and black rights activist Nina Simone's past is illuminated by rare archival footage and insightful interviews in... More

Iconic jazz singer and black rights activist Nina Simone's past is illuminated by rare archival footage and insightful interviews in this labour of love documentary by Jeff L. Lieberman.

Both loved and feared throughout the 1960s for her outspoken vision of black freedom, today Nina Simone is more popular than ever. President Barack Obama listed 'Sinnerman' in his top five favourite songs, and her music continues to empower people around the world with its unrelenting appeal for justice. With new insights into her musical journey from classical music and the segregated South, the worlds of jazz and civil rights, through her erratic behavior and self-exile, Nina's legacy is charted all the way to the place where she found freedom.

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The Amazing Nina Simone | Ratings & Reviews

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Rotten Tomatoes® rating

""The Amazing Nina Simone" tells its exhilarating but ultimately tragic story well, with captivating archival footage and insightful interviews, especially those with cultural historian Ruth Feldstein."

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Seattle Times

"As straightforward an account as this complicated life will allow."

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Hollywood Reporter

"The performance clips are woefully short, but even the few seconds meted out for each song provide ample evidence of her stylistic versatility and volcanic emotion."

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