“And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror “
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Fortifying Simone’s legacy, “Feeling Good” depicts generations of Black joy and boundless self-expression. Get new Nina Simone merch, and follow Nina everywhere: http://linktr.ee/ninasimone Nina challenged boundaries and throughout her career, encouraged empowered expressions of Black culture and beauty. Created in partnership with Dove, the new music video for “Feeling Good” aims to continue Simone’s important legacy by telling a story of Black female empowerment and rejecting imposed expectations. The video follows four generations of Black women living their truths, loving each other, and feeling good. Featuring: Little Girl: Adrianna Townsend Mother: Leanne Joshua-White Grandmother: Tracy Brown Father: Craig E Williams Sister: Rae Jordan Dancer: Raianna Brown Director: Sara Lacombe Producer: Vanda Lee Production Co: Noire Creative Commissioner: Liz Hart / Verve Label Group #feelinggood #ninasimone #soul Music video by Nina Simone performing Feeling Good. A Verve Label Group Release; © 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (also known as Nina Simone) was born in 1933. Simone was a singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles. Simone’s music fused gospel and pop with classical music — in particular Johann Sebastian Bach — and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. Throughout her career, Simone assembled a collection of songs that would later become standards in her repertoire. Some were songs that she wrote herself, while others were new arrangements of other standards, and others had been written especially for her. Simone’s first hit came in 1958, with her rendition of George Gershwin’s “I Loves You, Porgy,” from the musical Porgy & Bess. In all, Simone would record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1993. Simone spent her final decade in France, her adopted home. She passed away in April of 2003 from breast cancer.
Nina Simone live at Jazz à Juan — the International Jazz Festival in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France on July 24th, 1965. Nina performed twice at Jazz à Juan in 1965: on July 24th and July 25th. This is the full recording of Nina’s first concert that year. Nina appears with Lisle Atkinson (on bass), Rudy Stevenson (on guitar & flute) and Bobby Hamilton (on drums) Songs: 00:00 Strange Fruit 6:12 Little Girl Blue / Au Clair De La Lune (Medley) 13:30 Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out 21:45 Trouble In Mind 29:45 Zungo (partial) 31:26 Images 34:45 Be My Husband 42:55 I Loves You, Porgy 47:21 Children Go Where I Send You 55:45 I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone…
Nina Simone
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It Be’s That Way Sometime · Nina Simone Silk & Soul ℗ Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by BMG Music Released on: 2006-01-13 Composer, Lyricist: Samuel L. Waymon Conductor, Arranger: Sammy Lowe Producer: Danny Davis Recording Engineer: Ray Hall
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Nina Simone live at Jazz à Juan in Antibes, France on July 20th, 1988. Recording generously provided by the Roger Nupie Archives. Songs: 00:00 Little Girl Blue 9:36 Where Can I Go Without You? 13:47 Little Girl Blue (Reprise) 15:13 The Other Woman 20:33 Blackbird / Plain Gold Ring (Medley) 29:20 Mississippi Goddam 34:41 Why? The King Of Love Is Dead 40:23 Just Say I Love Him 48:44 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands 54:27 Solo (Al Schackman) 59:47 Ne Me Quitte Pas 1:04:34 My Baby Just Cares For Me 1:10:20 Consummation
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Nina Simone live In England 14.09. 1968 1. Go To Hell [00:00] 2. Ain’t Got No/I Got Life [3:24] 3. Backlash Blues [8:10] 4. I Put A Spell On You [11:43] 5. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood [13:31] 6. Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) [16:17]
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Love Me or Leave Me (2013 – Remaster) · Nina Simone Little Girl Blue ℗ 2013 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Released on: 2013-08-27 Piano: Nina Simone Bass: Jimmy Bond Drums: Albert Heath Composer: Kahn Composer: Donaldson
I Shall Be Released
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Revolution is the cure…
The Tragedy of Camille Claudel – a Genius who Died in an Insane Asylum
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CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 | Official UK Trailer
Winter, 1915. In the desolate halls of an asylum in southern France, renowned sculptor Camille Claudel finds herself unjustly confined by her own family. Stripped of her artistic freedom and isolated from the world, she clings to a fragile hope, counting the days until her brother, Paul Claudel, will visit. Amidst the haunting silence and oppressive solitude, the film chronicles her poignant struggle for freedom and redemption.
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Camille Claudel 1915 | French Full Movie |
Unlike the film with Isabelle Adjani, this film all in half-tints and bleak tones shows us Camille Claudel 20 years after her passion for her fellow-sculptor Rodin has consumed her and her family has her confined ( much like Victor Hugo will do for his daughter Adele ) for what is now known as limerence complicated by the early 20th century’s bias against women who are artists in their own right. The slow pace and horror of existence in a mental asylum circa 1915 as Camille awaits the visit of a brother on the way to becoming one of the most famous French poets when he is not a dilomat are poigantly filmed. A masterpiece with a superb performance by Juliette Binoche. Five stars.
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In 1913, Camille Claudel, one of the most acclaimed artists of her time, was committed to a psychiatric asylum for insanity. She accused world-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin of persecuting her. They had enjoyed a passionate relationship, but things had turned sour, and she blamed him for all her problems and accused him of trying to steal her works.
Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille’s brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of 2,717,136 admissions in France.[1] Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the second in her career.
Plot
The film recounts the troubled life of French child prodigy sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the married sculptor Auguste Rodin. Claudel was the daughter of a devoutly Catholic, socialite mother and a wealthy French businessman. While the latter was sympathetic to her highly iconoclastic, secular art, her mother found it odious.
Beginning in the 1880s, with the young Claudel’s first meeting with Rodin, the film traces the development of their intense romantic bond. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel’s career as she overcomes prejudices against female artists.
However, their romance soon sours due to the increasing pressures of Rodin’s fame and his love for another woman. After Claudel’s father dies, she’s at the mercy of her mother’s ire. These difficulties combine with her increasing doubts about the value of her work, driving Claudel into emotional tumult.
While her zealot mother wants her institutionalized, her sympathetic brother tries to comfort her and promote her artwork. The film contributes to a broader exploration of mental illness in films, depicting Camille Claudel’s emotional tumult and the societal challenges she faced.
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Plus qu’un musée, un joyau ! On quitte ce musée troublé, ému par tant de beauté, de sensibilité de délicatesse, qui se dégagent des sculptures de Camille Claudel
“It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.”
― Nina Simone, I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
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