What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Watch What Happened, Miss Simone?: 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...		🌟 7.60/10 from 9464 users
Ratings:	IMDB: 7.60
Released:	January 22, 2015
Runtime:	101 mins
Genres:	Documentary Biography Music
Directors:	Liz Garbus Hal Tulchin
Actors:	Nina Simone Dick Gregory Andrew Young Stokely Carmichael Malcolm X

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) Links

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) Keywords

14 year old 19 year old 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 4 year old 7 year old activist advertisement africa african american american south anger applause archival footage assassination of martin luther king audience b word backhand face slap bar beating begins with quotation bikini black american black culture black history black power blues music boycott breakup brutality bully businessman carnegie hall manhattan new york city child prodigy church civil rights civil rights movement classical pianist concert footage controversy curtis institute of musuc depression desperation diary divorce doctor documentary footage domestic violence epilogue europe f word family relationships father daughter relationship fear female preacher france freedom genius girl grammy award grammy hall of fame guitarist hate home movie husband wife relationship insanity interview isolation jazz music jullard school of music liberia lightning loneliness lynching manic depression marital rape medication microphone militant money montreux jazz festival mother beats daughter mother daughter relationship musician nervous breakdown nervous tic new york city newport jazz festival newsreel footage nightclub nomad open marriage paris france philadelphia pennsylvania philosophy photograph pianist piano piano lesson piano recital pills policeman politics prejudice pride racial discrimination racism rage rebel rebellion record album reference to a bosendorfer piano reference to a raisin in the sun the play reference to aretha franklin reference to atlantic city new jersey reference to atlantic records reference to betty shabazz reference to bill cosby reference to birmingham alabama reference to carl czerny reference to chanel perfume reference to claude debussy reference to columbia presbyterian hospital manhattan reference to franz liszt reference to gerry mulligan reference to gladys knight reference to god reference to holland reference to janis ian reference to johann sebastian bach reference to johannes brahms reference to karl marx reference to langston hughes reference to leonard bernstein reference to lorraine hansberry reference to ludwig van beethoven reference to lyndon johnson reference to maya angelou reference to memphis tennessee reference to miles davis reference to mississippi reference to montgomery alabama reference to mount vernon new york reference to new hope pennsylvania reference to new york city reference to nijmegen the netherlands reference to playboy magazine reference to ralph bunche reference to selma alabama reference to sergei rachmaninoff reference to sidney poitier reference to simone signoret reference to the university of massachusetts amherst reference to the vietnam war reference to tryon north carolina reference to vladimir lenin reference to young gifted and black the play repeated scene revival meeting revolution revolutionary riot scene during closing credits scene during opening credits segregation sex singer singing song songwriter split screen spousal abuse suffering suicidal thoughts switzerland talent manager tambourine tape recording terrorist title co directed by female trilafon unhappiness usa violence wedding ring westbury music fair wife beater year 1957 year 1959 year 1960 year 1961 year 1963 year 1965 year 1967 year 1968 year 1976 year 1987 year 1993 year 2000 year 2003

WatchFreeMovies

Follow @real_letmewatch

Latest Comments

maximus_1 : This Website never lets me down it is the best website ever. I am very...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

simsy : ending was kinda lame but ok movie...

Once Upon a Time

Myrrh : When is the next episode?! I need my fix!

Once Upon a Time

Myrrh : I am so curious as to what story characters will appear this season! Can...

Drake and Josh Go Hollywood: The Movie

kiimmbeeerly : cool

Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

minjofu : Shouldn't this be under horror?

X-Men: Apocalypse

skorpio777 : VERY GOOD MOVIE

X-Men: Apocalypse

skorpio777 : VERY GOOD MOVIE

Der Mann, der die Welt rettete

cartex : Very well done

Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks

maximus_1 : thank you for the links and this is a great show!

Links