The Amazing Nina Simone

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The Amazing Nina Simone

Released Oct 16, 2015

1h 50m

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Biography

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Drama

Music

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A celebration of Nina Simone's enduring legacy as an iconic, outspoken musician.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Was she driven to madness or driven by madness? There's no easy answer, of course, but it's a question worth more exploration.

Rated: B-

Feb 26, 2016

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Paul de Barros

Seattle Times

"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.

Oct 22, 2015

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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.

Oct 22, 2015

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Few humans could survive these kinds of extremes without frequently suffering from mental disorders or collapses. And this, at the end of the day, is the point that is made by Amazing.

Aug 23, 2018

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Ken Eisner

Georgia Straight

As with Simone herself, there's more here to celebrate than regret.

Jun 29, 2016

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Chris Knight

National Post

The woman born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933 North Carolina (she died in 2003) deserves better than this by-the-numbers documentary, written, directed and narrated by Jeff L. Lieberman.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 9, 2016

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A celebration of Nina Simone's enduring legacy as an iconic, outspoken musician.

Director: Jeff L. Lieberman
Producer: Jeff L. Lieberman
Screenwriter: Jeff L. Lieberman
Production Co: Re-Emerging Films
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History, Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 25, 2016
Runtime: 1h 50m

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