Film

What happened, Miss Simone? : her story, her voice


Reviews (2)


The New York times

d. 5. Aug. 2016

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Manohla Dargis

d. 5. Aug. 2016

""What Happened," (...) traces Simone's life from her early childhood as a piano prodigy named Eunice Waymon to her troubled years - mentally, physically, spiritually - and finally her later return to glory ... Like a lot of documentarians, Ms. Garbus lets her choices speak for her, and she occasionally errs, both in some of her sight-and-sound juxtapositions and by folding in too much of Simone's ex-husband, Andrew Stroud ... What's missing are dialectics".


DownBeat

2016 December

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John Ephland

2016 December

"With a title from a quote by poet Maya Angelou, this DVD/CD package captures a significant chunk of the artistic and personal life of Nina Simone ... Simone's own voice-over narrative was certainly a factor in this film being nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary (Feature). The film is bundled with a CD of music from the documentary as well as extra tracks".