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What Happened, Miss Simone?
Directed by
Liz Garbus
Not Rated
2015
1h 41m
Documentary
,
Biography
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7.6
90%
85%
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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."
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Cast of What Happened, Miss Simone?
Nina Simone
Herself
Lisa Simone
Herself
Dick Gregory
Himself
Stanley Crouch
Himself
Elisabeth Henry-Macari
Miss Mazzie
Ilyasah Shabazz
Self
Liz Garbus
Director / Writer / Producer
Amy Hobby
Producer
Justin Wilkes
Producer
What Happened, Miss Simone? Ratings & Reviews
Bitch Media
Leigh Kolb
Director Liz Garbus does a beautiful job of packing a complex life into the film - from Simone's childhood as Eunice Waymon in the Jim Crow South through to her later years of self-exile in Liberia and France.
Common Sense Media
Brian Costello
Intense docu on iconic musician; graphic talk of abuse.
Bitch Flicks
Ren Jender
I wish the film included even more of [Nina] Simone's music. The interviews are all first-rate and thorough, even as the interviewees, like [Andrew] Stroud and [Al] Schackman, seem to have opposing viewpoints.
Woman in Revolt
Lindsay Pugh
I had some problems with What Happened, Miss Simone? but still found it worthwhile, mainly due to the inclusion of rare archival footage that I had never seen before.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
What Miss Simone does have going for it is its unique access to extremely rare material, some of it never seen publicly before.
Vanity Fair
Mike Hogan
Garbus's documentary is a celebration of Simone's legacy, but it also takes a reasonably unflinching approach to her faults... the real joy here is the music, and the archival footage of Simone doing what she did best: singing, playing piano, performing.
IndieWire
Anisha Jhaveri
We may now have jarring insights into the mother, the activist and the tortured soul at the root of Simone's career, but it's the legendary songstress who ultimately shines through.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
... , WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? removes the mystery behind her story that is as fascinating today as ever.
Spokesman-Review (Washington)
Dan Webster
Much as Amy, Asif Kapadia's Oscar-nominated documentary does for Amy Winehouse, it ensures that [Nina] Simone's legacy, both as a woman and an artist, won't be soon forgotten.
Shadow and Act
Aramide Tinubu
It's an astounding work that is both jarring and unapologetic in its examination of a musical genius.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
More omissive than impressionistic.
Film Comment Magazine
Andrew Chan
It's disappointing to watch the film fall into Behind the Music conventionality, employing a perfunctory alternation of talking heads and archival material despite the fact that so much once-rare footage can now be seen on YouTube.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
I think the film overreaches in casting Simone as a standard-bearer against racism and sexism, but it's filled with mesmerizing clips from throughout her performing career as well as numerous interviews with Simone, both audio and on film.
Movie Mezzanine
Odie Henderson
The timeliness of What Happened, Miss Simone? cannot be understated. It's essential viewing in these times...
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
As music and cultural critic Stanley Crouch says, "You only have to hear her once. No one sounds like her except her."
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
It may not answer What Happened, Miss Simone?, but it does tell us why the question must be asked and will be asked, for a very long time.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
"What Happened" features some of the best concert footage and musical performances in recent music doc memory, even if it never quite answers the question in its title.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
An often electric, bracingly urgent documentary ...
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
It utilizes Maya Angelou's claim as tantalizing bait rather than the starting point for a feature-length thesis statement.
Variety
Scott Foundas
A most satisfying rendering of a complex cultural legacy ...
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