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The documentary chronicles the life of American singer Nina Simone, who became a civil rights activist and moved to Liberia following the turbulence of the 1960s. The documentary combines previously unreleased archival footage and interviews with Simone's daughter and friends.
Jun 27, 2015 · What Happened, Miss Simone?, which gets its title from a Maya Angelou poem, focuses heavily on the years after Simone went from being an ambivalent activist to a pillar of the...
Oct 8, 2023 · Sun 8 October 2023 20:30, UK. “What happened, Miss Simone?” once asked Maya Angelou in an essay. “What happened to your big eyes that quickly veil to hide the loneliness? To your voice that has so little tenderness yet flows with your commitment to the battle of life? What happened to you?”
The question at the heart of Liz Garbus’s affecting documentary is one posed by Dr. Maya Angelou in a 1970 piece published in Redbook. She asks, “What happened, Miss Simone?” and Garbus uses Nina Simone’s own words and the characters of her life, never-before-heard recordings, and rousing archival footage to paint the picture.
Jun 26, 2015 · The movie’s title, taken from an essay by Maya Angelou, gestures toward a question that continues to haunt especially the troubled, crazy years of Simone’s later career.
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Jun 22, 2015 · In Liz Garbus’s new Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? we see rows of black students enraptured by the song she called “the Black national anthem”, her biggest hit since I...
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Jun 24, 2015 · Liz Garbus ’ “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” premiering on Netflix this Friday after opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival, falls just short of greatness but captures enough of the remarkable story and talent of its subject that it warrants a look.
