What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) (Blu-ray + CD)

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On stage Nina Simone was known for her utterly free, uninhibited musical expression, which enthralled audiences and attracted life-long fans. But amid the violent, haunting, and senseless day-to-day of the civil rights era in 1960s America, Simone struggled to reconcile her artistic identity and ambition with her devotion to a movement. Culled from hours of autobiographical tapes, this new film unveils the unmitigated ego of a brilliant artist and the absurdities of her time. At the height of her fame Simone walked away from her family, country, career and fans, to move to Liberia and give up performing. The story of her life leading up to that event poses the question, 'how does royalty stomp around in the mud and still walk with grace?'

CD:
01. I Loves You Porgy
02. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
03. I Put A Spell On You
04. Strange Fruit
05. Sinnerman
06. Mississippi Goddam
07. Little Girl Blue
08. Don't Smoke In Bed
09. My Baby Just Cares For Me
10. Lilac Wine
11. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
12. Night Song
13. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
14. Feeling Good
15. Ne Me Quitte Pas