What Happened , Miss Simone? (2015)

Made for Netflix , released June 24th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : As a child , Nina Simone had the gift of music.
She played many lonely hours of piano practice.
As a young woman , Nina performed in the nightclubs her mother would forbid to make a buck.
She went on to study music at college , in hopes of becoming a classical pianist.
As an adult , Nina married , birthed a daughter , found herself happy and forfilled for the first time and began living the life of a famous musical artist with all that comes with it.
But when she became weary and wanted a break , her husband now manager would not allow it.
This was the start of making Nina a much different person.
Stars Nina Simone , Andrew Stroud , Lisa Simone Kelly , Stanley Crouch , Gerrit De Bruin , Dick Gregory , James Baldwin , Stokely Carmichael , Walter Cronkite , Hugh M. Hefner , Elisabeth Henry-Macari , Al Schackman , Ilyasah Shabazz , Attallah Shabazz
Directed by Liz Garbus
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY

( A 2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)