Eunice Waymon
October 2017Video - (09:24 min) Documentation on Nina Simone's life around the song Mississippi Goddam. It shows what preceded the song and the reasons behind writing and rewriting the lyrics. And the impact that specific events such as the Baptist Street Church Bombing, Sept. 15, 1963, the Selma to Montgomery marches, March 7, 1965, the Memphis sanitation strike, Feb. 12, 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1968 and the live concert in Morlaix, France, May 1982 had on Nina Simone, her career and voice.
