What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015, Music/Documentary, 1h 41m

49 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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What Happened, Miss Simone? is a compelling -- albeit necessarily incomplete -- overview of its complex subject's singular artistic legacy and fascinating life. Read critic reviews

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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.

Cast & Crew

Lisa Simone Kelly
Roger Nupie
Al Schackman
George Wein
Stanley Crouch
Dick Gregory
Liz Garbus
Director
Sidney Beaumont
Executive Producer
Adam Del Deo
Executive Producer
Jon Kamen
Executive Producer
Lisa Simone Kelly
Executive Producer
Liz Garbus
Producer
Amy Hobby
Producer
Justin Wilkes
Producer
Jayson Jackson
Producer
Igor Martinovic
Cinematographer
Joshua L. Pearson
Film Editor
Markus Kirschner
Production Design
Rebecca Luke
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