Directed by Cynthia Mort. With Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Kevin Mambo, Ronald Guttman. The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson. Nina Simone and Richard Pryor were friends. Wouldnt that make an interesting movie? There are so many interesting movies hovering in the air, none of them the one onscreen. Get rid of the hype and lets go watch a movie, said Queen Latifah on the decision to cast Zoe Saldana, above, as Nina Simone. Photograph: RLJ Entertainment Queen Latifah and Paula Patton. Watch videoThe trailer for Nina shows Saldana with darker skin and a prosthetic nose. Supporters of Simone's music and work criticized movie bosses for casting Saldana. More than 11 years in the making, Nina has been accused of racist casting and wounded by behindthescenes fighting. Here, the filmmakers reveal how it all went so wrong. Parents need to know that Nina is a biographical movie about the life of monumental Nina Simone (Zoe Saldana). It explores her life when she was at her lowest depths often drunk, combative, and unable to connect except through music. At its core it is an inept, clicheridden story edited together in a treacly and cheap manner. Set 20 years ago, Nina feels like a madefortelevision movie of the era, the type which, thankfully. 1, 153 likes 2 talking about this. The official Facebook page for the Nina Simone Movie boycott. Nina Hartley, Actress: Boogie Nights. Nina Hartley was born Marie Louise Hartman on March 11, 1959, in Berkeley, California. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 1977, Nina attended San Francisco State University's undergraduate school of nursing and graduated in 1985. Her career in the adultentertainment industry began while she was in her sophomore year of nursing school. Nina movie reviews Metacritic score: She was one of the century's most extraordinary talents, a 15time Grammy nominee and Grammy Hall of Fame Recipient; h Nina, the longawaited and quite controversial Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana, is finally becoming a reality: On Tuesday, EW revealed the films poster and release date, and today. Nina feels like a movie made by people who fundamentally misunderstood Nina Simone. It conclusively proves that representation behind the camera is as important as representation on screen. Youll see some durable makeup in Nina. What you wont see is any justification why this film should exist. Never mind the Zoe Saldana casting controversy 'Nina, ' a music biopic on soul priestess Nina Simone, hits all the wrong notes. Nina Movie Review Rolling Stone La Nia (Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. Read the Nina movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies. Parents need to know that Nina is a biographical movie about the life of monumental Nina Simone (Zoe Saldana). Nina is a girl in Ferdinand, Juan's daughter, and is the original owner of Ferdinand and Paco. As a child, Nina lived with her father, Juan, and their dog, Paco on their farm. One rainy night, her father and Paco found a lost calf and took him in on their farm. Nina loved, cared for, and named Holly wants to save Rob and has fallen in love with him. She is training to be a paramedic and works a dead end job in a supermarket where Rob is the only remarkable thing; lost and angry since. Nina focuses mostly on the last 10 years or so of Simones troubled life, with sprinklings of flashback to earlier moments. Even so, the timeline is jumbled and confusing. Nina Official Trailer# 1 (2016) Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo Movie HD In Theaters, on VOD and Digital HD: APRIL 22, 2016 Nina Simone (Zoe Saldana) was one of the centurys most extraordinary talents, but fame and fortune came with a price. Rediscovering the meaning of her life.