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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. Your mileage for a film like this often comes down to how much the viewer knows about ...
View All (113) audience reviews. Torin F MISS SIMONE is a well-crafted documentary about artistry, mental illness, the cost of fame, and the deeper personal impact of the fight for civil rights...
What Happened, Miss Simone? is a biographical documentary film about Nina Simone directed by Liz Garbus. Using never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage, Nina’s best-known songs, and interviews with those whom knew Nina best, this is the most comprehensive and critical story of the legendary pianist, singer, and activist.
Jun 23, 2015 · June 23, 2015. Partway through “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” an often electric, bracingly urgent documentary on the singer-musician Nina Simone, we reach that catastrophic year 1968, and...
Summaries. A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul." On stage Nina Simone was known for her utterly free, uninhibited musical expression, which enthralled audiences and attracted life-long fans.
Jul 5, 2023 · Synopsis. Classically trained pianist, dive-bar chanteuse, black power icon and legendary recording artist, Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy.
Jun 26, 2015 · In What Happened, Miss Simone?, a smart new documentary by Liz Garbus available today on Netflix, the brilliant, sometimes contradicting layers of Simone’s myth get peeled back to...
