“Nina,” the long-gestating bio-pic about Nina Simone, written and directed by Cynthia Mort, opens today. It shares one peculiar quality with two other recent bio-pics of musicians, “Miles Ahead” (in ...

It was singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron who said that Nina Simone was black way before it was fashionable to be black. A controversial and indisputable music icon and celebrity, her unique blend of ...

How do you write about an artist when her life doesn’t fit into a clear, linear narrative? Do you run with the legends and draw conclusions based on speculation? Do you sanitize her biography by ...

"Inspired by the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, an intimate and vivid look at the legendary life of Nina Simone, the classically trained pianist who evolved into ...