Nina Simone(1933-2003)

Music Artist
Music Department
Actress

Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary--part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten-until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more.

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Nina Simone was born on 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA. She was a music artist and actress, known forPoint of No Return (1993),Repo Men (2010)andMiami Vice (2006).She was married toAndrew Stroudand Donald Ross. She died on 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Known for

Point of No Return

6.1

Soundtrack( "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair", "Wild Is the Wind", "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl", "Feeling Good", "Here Comes the Sun", "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair", "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl" )

1993

Repo Men

6.3

Soundtrack( "Feeling Good" )

2010

Miami Vice

6.1

Soundtrack( "Sinnerman" )

2006

Nobody

7.4

Soundtrack( "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" )

2021

Credits

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Music Department

Cariño, sabes que soy de otro planeta
Podcast Series
- performer: July Tree
- 2022
Social
Short
- performer
- 2022
Nina Simone: Color Is a Beautiful Thing
Music Video
- Music Department
- 2020
Celeste: Stop This Flame
7.6
Music Video
- Music Department
- 2020
Inside Central Station
6.6
TV Series
- musician: soundtrack
- 2019
Clara Luzia: Sinnerman
Music Video
- Music Department
- 2014
Univers... l'Afrique
- soundtrack
- 2012
Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68
8.0
- composer
- 2008
Erzulie's Tears
Short
- Music Department
- 2007
Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976
7.5
TV Movie
- musician: piano
- 2005

Actress

Trivia
Her professional name is a combination of Nina ( "little one" ), from an Hispanic boyfriend, and Simone from French film actressSimone Signoret.