In 1966, Nina Simone sang four women into existence — and radio stations pulled the song off the air. Sixty years later, a filmmaker answers them back.
On screen, the four women speak. In the room, only she does.
Say My Name Again is not a screening with a guest. It is a single artist moving between two forms across eighty-five minutes.
It opens with Karen D. Moore alone in the light, performing her original poem No Fear, inspired by a 1969 interview with Nina Simone. Then her film Blues Born of Fire — a visual reinterpretation of Simone's Four Women with an original score — plays whole and uninterrupted, the four women speaking for themselves. When it ends, the house holds in darkness. A light finds her again, and she answers her own film as its author. The evening closes with a moderated conversation, and then one last piece Final Reckoning that takes the room back out of discussion and into art.
The evening compresses to 60 minutes for venues that need it, without cutting the film or the performance.
Audiences come for Nina Simone — an artist they already love — and stay for what the song has always been about.
The evening works for people who have never used the word colorism. Simone is the entry point; nobody is asked to arrive already convinced.
The song at the heart of this work has drawn subscriber audiences at regional theatres nationwide — among them Geva Theatre Center, People's Light, South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Berkshire Theatre Group.
Black History Month and Women's History Month equally. One booking that solves two calendars.
Four Women was released in April 1966. This is its sixtieth anniversary season, which gives your marketing team and the local arts press a specific hook rather than a general one.
No touring company, no ensemble, no additional performer fees. A single artist who wrote the film, directed it, and performs live inside it.
The score is original — no sync licensing, no master clearance, no restriction on your venue or your promotion. Promotional copy, stills, and a discussion guide are provided.
An artist honorarium with the screening licence included. Not a film rental.
"Moore's raw talent and storytelling prove that a compelling narrative needs little more than a powerful voice."
Filmmaker, author, and performer. Founder of The Colour of Beautiful Media & Entertainment Group.
Karen D. Moore's work centers the interior lives, radiance, and resilience of Black women. It includes the twenty-four-room virtual installation Who Told You Your Black Is Not Beautiful?, the stage production Poetik Blues: A Sistah's Story, and the Melanin Genesis™ collection.
Blues Born of Fire (2025), the film at the centre of this evening, has been an official selection at six film festivals from New York to Denver to Atlanta to Lagos, won Best Short Film at the Reel Women International Festival in Nigeria, and screened in the National Urban League's conference program. Her work has been presented at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, with critical notice in Broad Street Review. She speaks and performs widely on representation, colorism, and purpose-driven art.
Tell me your venue, the dates you are considering, and roughly what your audience looks like. I will come back within two business days.
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Currently booking September 2026 – June 2027. Presented by The Colour of Beautiful Media & Entertainment Group.