Sleeping District (2014) by Tinne Zenner
SUBLIME CINEMA #430 - WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE?
Maybe the greatest thing Netflix has had their paws in - this documentary is as enlightening a window you will get into the greatest performer there ever was. Eunice Waymon changed her name as a young’n to hide the devil influenced music she was playing from her family, and even after watching this intimate documentary, Nina Simone feels still as mysterious and separate from her true personality as ever. She embodied her role totally, fed off of it - whatever else she could keep to herself, she apparently did. The rest was for us, and it was beautiful.
Her newly released Montreux recordings - some never heard before - are incredible. They are a great accompaniment to this great documentary.
Pears 2020 Kelley Dong
Screenplay by Diablo Cody JENNIFER’S BODY (2009), dir. Karyn Kusama.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
FAVORITE MOVIE SHIPS: Drea & Eleanor - Do Revenge (2022)
I love the above picture with Paul Newman and Bob — we joked constantly, and Bob and Paul treated me like their little sister, even teasing me about my French accent. They made me feel at home in a world I had thought was closed to me. I like to imagine them together now, laughing somewhere beyond, perhaps even with Siméon, the spirit of music and the lead character from one of my films.
— Euzhan Palcy




