Seattle Rep's NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN: Beyond the Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN by Christina Ham from April 26 to June 2, 2019. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, music and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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Nina Simone
There’s no substitute for seeing the High Priestess of Soul perform her spellbinding songs live. Filmed for a Dutch television program, these concerts include “Mississippi Goddam” and “Brown Baby,” both featured in NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN.
Format: DVD
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Sisters in the Struggle
The characters in NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN engage in heated dialogue about the civil rights movement and whether or not they have a place within it. This collection of essays provides important historical context to their discussions.
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What Happened, Miss Simone?
New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis called this 2015 film about Simone an “often electric, bracingly urgent documentary” that traces her life from child prodigy to troubled, self-exiled star to a final artistic comeback.
Format: DVD plus Blu-ray
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The Sisters Are Alright
Author Winfrey Harris draws on interviews and her own experiences to demonstrate how the centuries-old stereotypes of Mammy, Jezebel and Sapphire evoked in NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN still negatively affect black women today.
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Seattle Rep's NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN website
When “The High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone heard about the tragic bombing death of four young girls in an Alabama church in 1963, the songstress turned to her music as a means of expressing the country’s agony. “Four Women” and Simone’s other evocative activist anthems sang a truth that the world needed to hear. And it is a truth that remains sung to this day. Through storytelling, debate, and music, NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN immerses us in the complex harmony of protest.
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