What Happened, Miss Simone?

United States of America, 2015

Film

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The film chronicles Nina Simone’s journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

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Credits

director

Liz Garbus

costume design

Rebecca Luke

producer

Amy Hobby

Justin Wilkes

Liz Garbus

production company

RadicalMedia

production design

Markus Kirschner

screenplay

Liz Garbus

Duration

01:41:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
2015

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-318044

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Music

TMDB-Movie

318044

Wikidata

Q19264058

Collected

56 times

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