Biopic Nina Simone. Lisa Simone Kelly, the daughter of Nina Simone, defended actress Zoe Saldana but slammed the upcoming biopic 'Nina' in a new interview. The film centres on the relationship between legendary.
It was written and directed by a Someone with first hand experience of what it means to be, as Nina Simone put it, "young, gifted, and. The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson. A forthcoming biopic about singer Nina Simone has faced fresh criticism over its film trailer which shows lead actress Zoe Saldana with darkened skin.
The controversy around the Nina Simone biopic brings conversation not only in Hollywood, but to USC as well.
Simone Kelly, a singer herself, who, along.
Nina Simone was so vocal about her blackness so seeing Zoe Saldana, a lightskin woman donning blackface and a prosthetic nose to play Nina Simone in her biopic is such an insult I can't.. La película no sólo se centra en la etapa de cantante de Nina, en su ascenso a la fama, sino también en. But Nina Simone was a troubled soul.