What Happened, Miss Simone?
Rating: 7.6/10140 Plot Summary:
On stage Nina Simone was known for her utterly free, uninhibited musical expression, which enthralled audiences and attracted life-long fans. But amid the violent, haunting, and senseless day-to-day of the civil rights era in 1960s America, Simone struggled to reconcile her artistic identity and ambition with her devotion to a movement. Culled from hours of autobiographical tapes, this new film unveils the unmitigated ego of a brilliant artist and the absurdities of her time. At the height of her fame Simone walked away from her family, country, career and fans, to move to Liberia and give up performing. The story of her life leading up to that event poses the question, 'how does royalty stomp around in the mud and still walk with grace?'
Director: Liz Garbus
Running time: 1h 41min
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Release date: 24 June 2015 (USA)
Cast: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Andrew Stroud, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin, Eleanor Belinfanti, Gregory Marlow
