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Date/Time
Jul 30, 2015
7:15 pm
Location
Doris Duke's Rough Point
680 Bellevue Ave
Newport, RI
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Tags
Film, music, To do in Rhode Island
Newport Film presents this documentary about the American singer, writer and civil rights activist Nina Simone. It explores her life of “brutal honesty, musical genius and tortured melancholy,” during her life as one of the most beloved artists of all time. Pre-film live music at 7:15, followed by an introduction by the Newport Jazz Festival Producer, George Wein and Director Liz Garbus at 8:15. Screening at 8:30 followed by a discussion.