Nina Simone’s estate blasts Zoe Saldana over ‘heartbreaking’ new biopic

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Nina Simone’s estate has slammed actress Zoe Saldana following the release of a trailer of a new movie about the singer’s life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zoe&comma; 37&comma; shared a quote by Nina after the release but was hit by angry backlash on Twitter from the singer’s estate&comma; who called the film &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;heartbreaking”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;image-6&period;jpg" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-86911"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;image-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"image" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"421" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86911" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zoe tweeted&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ll tell you what freedom is to me – no fear… I mean really&comma; no fear&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nina’s official Twitter feed replied&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cool story but please take Nina’s name out your mouth&period; For the rest of your life&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Appearing to respond to the new film&comma; her estate tweeted&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hopefully people begin to understand this is painful&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gut-wrenching&comma; heartbreaking&comma; nauseating&comma; soul-crushing&period; It shall pass&comma; but for now…”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Videos of Nina singing That Blackness and Go To Hell were tweeted out in the same attack by Nina’s family&comma; as well as one of American singer and actress India Arie performing a cover of Come Ye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Facebook page of the Feelin’ Good singer shared a post asking fans to host listening parties on the film’s release date of April 22&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We can use this date as another opportunity to celebrate Nina’s life and music&period; Let’s create a positive from a negative by coming together and acknowledging the authentic Nina Simone&comma;” it read&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2a7be2b773">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2a7be2b773'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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