Zoe Saldana is accused of going black-face because she's not naturally black enough to play singer Nina Simone: Anger after mixe


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DATE: March 3, 2016, 2:31 p.m.

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  1. Zoe Saldana has come under fire for donning 'blackface' in a trailer for the new Nina Simone biopic after her casting was attacked because she is too 'light skinned'.
  2. Saldana, who plays the legendary performer and civil rights activist, appears to have darker skin and a wider nose in a poster and video promoting the movie.
  3. The Afro-Latina actress, 37, tweeted a quote from Simone on Wednesday, only for the family of the late Feeling Good singer to demand she 'take Nina's name out your mouth for the rest of your life'.

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