Trailer: WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? [[2015) - New Documentary On Nina Simone

[Methuselah2]

Directed by Liz Garbus

https://youtu.be/moOQXZxriKY

Theatrical release & on Netflix Streaming - Starting June 26, 2015

[RobertZ]

Wow - looking forward. Thanks

[splanky]

So am I. Have to find out where it'll screen in New york. People have been trying to get me
to try Netflix for years and I've never saw incentive. Hmm.....

[RobertZ]

So I watched “What Happened, Miss Simone” on Netflix last night. I thought it was excellent,showing all [[?) the sides of this brilliant and inspirational talent. Much was troubling [[Ms. Simone calling for her audience at the Harlem Arts Festival to “…smash white things”, “…kill ifnecessary”; the abuse of her daughter, etc) but the film-maker never lost sightof the music, with frequent and thrilling live clips throughout the film. Personally I would have liked more information about Ms. Simone’s recording career [[material selection, musicians,arrangement choices, etc) but perhaps that would be a different film.

Ms. Simone seemed to be an unhappy woman, which is her tragedy. I can’t help but wonder what she would have thought [[and said!) about today’s leg-spreadin’bendin’-over “lady” singers who claim Nina Simone as an inspiration!

In closing, if you can, by all means watch the film. I looked it up on Amazon but there does notyet seem to be a DVD; when one is available put in a request to your local library to buy a copy; it’s history.

Here’s a troubling item currently for pre-sale on Amazon,which I think is a terrible invasion of privacy of a deceased person:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Miss-Simone-Diaries/dp/1101904879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435407597&sr=8-1&keywords=what+happened+miss+simone