What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) Reviews & Ratings

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What Happened, Miss Simone? reviews

What Happened, Miss Simone? holds a 7.4/10 average from 404 TMDB ratings.

I did not know that Nina Simone was a classically trained pianist, not that she was declined entry into a conservatory in New York - not because of her lack of skill but because of her skin pigmentation. I don't suppose that should have surprised me, but that New York in the 1950s was still that bigoted is pretty shameful. She didn't just take that slight lying down though, and was soon working nightly in a jazz clu…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

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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