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Nina Simone – Classical Priestess of Black Music
The Amazing Nina Simone
Dir.: Jeff L. Liebermann | 105 minutes
08.06.24
11:00
Saturday 08.06.24 11:00 Cinematheque 1
2024-06-08 11:00:00 2024-06-08 14:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Nina Simone – Classical Priestess of Black Music <p>Lecture (in Heb.) by: Dr. <strong>Roee ben Sira</strong></p><p>Concert performed by: <strong>Julia Feldman Katz</strong> singer, <strong>Roee ben Sira</strong> piano, <strong>Michael Edwards</strong> contrabass, <strong>Yaaki Levy </strong>drums</p><p>In the program from the repertoire of <strong>Nina Simone</strong>: <em>My baby Just cares for me, Feeling good<span>, </span>I Loves You Porgy </em>and more</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

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Lecture (in Heb.) by: Dr. Roee ben Sira

Concert performed by: Julia Feldman Katz singer, Roee ben Sira piano, Michael Edwards contrabass, Yaaki Levy drums

In the program from the repertoire of Nina Simone: My baby Just cares for me, Feeling good, I Loves You Porgy and more

USA 2015 | 105 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles

The film traces Nina’s roots from her upbringing in segregated North Carolina, when she was once Eunice Waymon and destined to be a great Classical Pianist. As she experiences early disappointments and lands in an Atlantic City bar, she develops her unique signature mix of layering folk, gospel, classical, jazz, and pop music. Forced to sing or lose the job, she conceals from her religious mother that she is performing in a bar, and Nina Simone – a star – is born.

The documentary uncovers Nina’s rise to fame, her education among Harlem’s intelligentsia, the creation of over 30 albums, navigating the many factions of the Civil Rights Movement, proclaiming her own unique identity through her style, fashion, and sexuality, and her abrupt departure from the United States. Chased by an untreated illness that consumes both her and her actions, Nina eventually re-builds her career, performing again for a generation of fans eager to rekindle the optimism and love she once provided in the 1960s.