Nina Simone's interview for BBC's Hard Talk

Nina Simone in BBC Hard Talk.

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[gabopr12]

She was absolutely right.

[MsLeo31]

@gabopr12 THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO. WHERE CAN I FIND THIS INTERVIEW?  IS IT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE?

[gabopr12]

@MsLeo31 I Really don't know if available to buy. Glad you enjoyed.

[gabopr12]

Glad you all enjoyed this video. Nina has done to me more than religion and philosophy. That luminous soul and words, that cut as a thunder.

[gabopr12]

I have a great satisfaction, that you all enjoyed the video. This is all i have from this interview, sorry.

[Kgirl73]

Thanks for posting this ...

at 7:27 "I need a cigarette, you're making me hot'

at 7:43 the guy with the lighter, shaking LOL

at 8:02 "I'm ready"

She was a goddess

[UnamedKing]

What year was this taken?

[JasmineNikolee]

It's funny years later and now we can say the united state to made Martin Luther king jr.s dream come true. Now we too have a black president

[jamesbgolden]

@ginfub i understand where you're coming from... but racism is based on a power structure. (e.g. slavery, civil rights era, etc.) It's important to understand where artists who have been oppressed are coming from. It's like reading Nikki Giovanni's first 3 books... and saying she's racist. She was reacting to a larger class-oppression structure.

I know it's shocking to hear Nina be so open and blatantly direct with her words... but they were needed at that time to counteract 'real' racism.

[ginfub]

@jamesbgolden Really? I thought racism was disliking/hating a group of people based on skin color. Silly me. Weird how people can feel oppressed in an area, yet feel perfectly content to stay there, have children, & complain. Oh wait, it's always the "other" peoples fault.

[jamesbgolden]

@ginfub no.... she was oppressed...and reacting to it. when you've experienced the type of hatred she'd experienced.... there's no other way to feel other than angry.

[ginfub]

Wow. She's very racist.

[FingerElevenRULEZ]

Im white and she is just brilliant :) Nelson Mandela is also amazing

[Ahyanaki]

I sing with intelligence,,,,,omg she moves my soul!!

[nathanharnish]

she stil is an incretible amazing women, helped thousands and sang from her heart, no matter how this world turns out she will always be an insperation to many