With songs like "Mississippi Goddam" and "Why (The King of Love Is Dead)," Nina Simone earned a reputation as the voice of the civil rights movement as racial tensions reached a peak in the 1960s.

Movie Review: Nina Is As Horrible As You Thought It Would Be. Let’s get this out of the way: Nina, the much-discussed biopic about legendary songstress Nina Simone, is bad.

The singer and activist's life is depicted in Nina, opening April 22 With songs like “Mississippi Goddam” and “Why (The King of Love Is Dead),” Nina Simone earned a reputation as the voice ...

Next Friday, April 22, Nina will be released in movie theaters nationwide. The film centres on the relationship between legendary musician and political activist Nina Simone (Zoe Saldana) and her ...

Most of “Nina” is set in the 1990s, when Simone was in her sixties and her career was in eclipse due to her temperamental behavior, and so on top of everything else Saldana, who is in her ...

Zoe Saldana defended her portrayal of Nina Simone in Allure following criticism she is too light-skinned and non-political to have played the late singer. ... Movies. June 17, 2016 / 12:10 PM ...

Arie, who saw an early version of Nina three years ago and has even portrayed Simone onscreen (in a 2003 episode of American Dreams), said, “the way she looked in the movie was ugly.” ...

Zoe Saldana, left, and Nina Simone. AP (2) The internet has been up in arms since the release this week of the trailer for “Nina,” the upcoming movie about Nina Simone.

Simone is penetrating the mainstream via other media too: On July 10, Revive Music//RCA Records will release “Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone,” an album of artists including Lauryn ...