I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone with Stephen Cleary (1991) The divergence to cover the rivalry between Nina and Aretha Franklin also makes this a much watch. Sure, it glosses over a lot of Nina’s mental health difficulties, and her tumultuous relationship with her second husband, but just on showing you how important her music was, this is top notch. This covers Nina’s music more fully than anything on this list, discussing multiple albums, discussing her performance style-which in later years, could leave listeners unsure if they were hearing a love song or a fiery protest song. But the fact that it was made without the help of Nina’s estate-it does feature interviews with her extended family and some of her old bandmates-means that this doc, more so than any book or film on this list, is forced to discuss the minutiae of Nina’s music career to make up for its access deficiencies. This doc had the unenviable position of coming out at the same time as the above, which means it missed out on the Oscar push, and missed out on the reappraisal and appreciation of Nina’s life and music.
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