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The amazing Nina Simone

Title
The amazing Nina Simone / directed by Jeff L. Lieberman.
Publication
[New York, NY] : Re-emerging Films, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Lieberman, Jeff L.
  • Waymon, Sam
  • Giovanni, Nikki
  • Burdon, Eric, 1941-
  • Tillet, Salamishah
  • White, Tenny
  • Re-emerging Films (Firm), film production company, film distribution company.
Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color and black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
An in-depth biography of the complicated but extremely talented song stylist and her successes as a performer. From Eunice Waymon, a Juilliard-trained concert pianist, she reinvented herself as a singer and put her personal stamp on songs from the pop, folk, and jazz genres, and on her own compositions. Also covers her unwillingness to compromise in her personal and her artistic life.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographical films.
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Narrator, Jeff L. Lieberman.
  • Originally relased as a documentary motion picture in 2015.
  • Special features: original theatrical trailers; excerpted interviews with friends and fellow musicians; art gallery (slide show of portraits of Miss Simone).
Credits (note)
  • Producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, Jeff L. Lieberman ; original music, Tenny White ; Re-emerging Films ; a documentary film by Jeff L. Lieberman.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
Language (note)
  • In English with optional English subtitles (for the hearing impaired); a few French subtitles in archival material.
Call Number
Sc DVD-2094
LCCN
860456132157
OCLC
934516518
Title
The amazing Nina Simone / directed by Jeff L. Lieberman.
Publisher
[New York, NY] : Re-emerging Films, [2015]
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Performer
Featuring Sam Waymon, Nikki Giovanni, Eric Burdon, Salamishah Tillet [and others].
Credits
Producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, Jeff L. Lieberman ; original music, Tenny White ; Re-emerging Films ; a documentary film by Jeff L. Lieberman.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles (for the hearing impaired); a few French subtitles in archival material.
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Added Author
Lieberman, Jeff L., film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, narrator.
Waymon, Sam, interviewee.
Giovanni, Nikki, interviewee.
Burdon, Eric, 1941- interviewee.
Tillet, Salamishah, interviewee.
White, Tenny, composer (expression)
Re-emerging Films (Firm), film production company, film distribution company.
Other Standard Identifier
860456132157
Research Call Number
Sc DVD-2094
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