Tag Archives: Nina Simone
Review of Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The whole time I watched Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday I thought, “Ignorance is bliss,” an adage to which I used to wholeheartedly subscribe. And now I know that after so many years of breathing (an accomplishment) … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Caribbean, black women, film, review
Tagged film review, Nina Simone, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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Black Woman Magic
Black girl magic is real. Black woman magic is real. It’s in Nina Simone singing “Blues for Mama” in the way that only she could. It’s in Harriet Tubman, who, though illiterate in the white man’s language (because he made … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, black women, culture, film, review, Speculative Fiction, Writer
Tagged Fast Color, film, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Nina Simone, review, Saniyya Sidney
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