Nina Simone, Singer and Activist

HARDtalk celebrates its 20th anniversary with a repeat of one of its classic interviews. In 1999 Tim Sebastian sat down with singer and activist Nina Simone. With her vocal performances and civil rights activism, she built a fearsome reputation as someone not to be messed with. She worked with Martin Luther King and once even shot at someone who threatened to cheat her in a business deal. But did she use music as a political weapon?