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What Happened, Miss Simone?

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 41m
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What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
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A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
14K
YOUR RATING
    • Liz Garbus
  • Stars
    • Nina Simone(archive footage)
    • Lisa Simone Kelly
    • Roger Nupie
    • Liz Garbus
  • Stars
    • Nina Simone(archive footage)
    • Lisa Simone Kelly
    • Roger Nupie
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 2:19
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    Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Nina Simone in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
    Liz Garbus in What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
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    Nina Simone
    Nina Simone
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Lisa Simone Kelly
    • Self
    Roger Nupie
    • Self
    Al Schackman
    • Self
    George Wein
    • Self
    Stanley Crouch
    Stanley Crouch
    • Self
    Andrew Stroud
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Dick Gregory
    Dick Gregory
    • Self
    Ilyasah Shabazz
    Ilyasah Shabazz
    • Self
    Attallah Shabazz
    • Self
    • (as Ambassador Shabazz)
    Gerrit De Bruin
    • Self
    Eleanor Belinfanti
    • Cast
    Gregory Marlow
    • Cast
    Elisabeth Henry
    Elisabeth Henry
    • Cast: Mrs Mazzanovich
    • (as Elizabeth Henry)
    James Baldwin
    James Baldwin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Belafonte
    Harry Belafonte
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Stokely Carmichael
    Stokely Carmichael
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Cronkite
    Walter Cronkite
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
      • Liz Garbus
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Lisa Simone Kelly who is Nina Simone's daughter, joined the project as a producer in reaction to her distaste for the biopic Nina (2016)which she believed inaccurately portrayed her mother.
    • Quotes

      Nina Simone: We will shape and mold this country or it will not be molded and shaped at all anymore. So I think we don't have a choice. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?

    • Connections
      Featured in Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter: Documentary (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Good King Wenceslas
      Traditional tune, Lyrics by John M. Neale (as John Mason Neale), Thomas Helmore

    User reviews26

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    8/10
    Mrs. Backlash Blues
    The telling of Nina's story through the words of her family and old footage from her as well is truly moving and unsettling. I felt the closing in of the events that lead to her fame, fall, and fatality. It seems as if everyone was affected by the power of her illness which was fueled by the times. I am not sure if one accelerated the other. Growing up in the south and traveling all over the world does something to you. You become enlightened and the junk that was going on in the US over race was ludicrous and enraging. I am not sure if I could deal with that back then either. Nina was truly ahead of her time but got stuck in time due to the violence of those times. I love the way she expressed her disdain for the instrument of her fame and I also loved the attitude she had about her own voice. I grew up listening to this strange voice and at first I could not figure out if it was a man or woman until further into the album. This documentary is a timely tribute to the singer and it also allowed us to see what she was going through and why she fell off the face of the earth for a while. I look at her from a different pair of eyes now and I am grateful to know her story.
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    • bland-kevin67
    • Jul 20, 2015

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2015 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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    • Production companies
      • Moxie Firecracker Films
      • Netflix
      • RadicalMedia
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
      • Color
      • Black and White

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