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A documentary using never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage and her best-known songs. “What Happened, Miss Simone?” tells the story behind the life and legend of Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the “High Priestess of Soul.”
Filmmaker Liz Garbus (“Brain Imaging,” “What Is Addiction?”) co-founded Moxie Firecracker, Inc., an independent documentary production company, with filmmaker Rory Kennedy in 1998. Her directorial credits include “The Farm: Angola, USA,” which was nominated for an Academy Award®, and won two Emmys® and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize; “The Execution Of Wanda Jean” (HBO); “The Nazi Officer’s Wife” (A&E); “Girlhood” (Wellspring/TLC); and “Xiara’s Song” (HBO). Most recently she produced “Yo Soy Boricua!, Pa Que Tu Lo Sepas” for IFC, a film about Puerto Rican culture, directed by Rosie Perez. Last year, Garbus and Rory Kennedy executive produced the Academy Award®-nominated “Street Fight.”
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Center will welcome Liz Garbus following a screening of her new documentary WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? on August 25th.
Longtime Martha’s Vineyard resident Al Schackman was the guitarist and musical director for singer Nina Simone from 1957 until her death in 2003. In addition to his work with Simone, Schackman was lead guitarist for Harry Belafonte from 1965 to 1970 and was the “first call studio guitarist for Atlantic and Columbia Records. In addition to recording with Simone, Schackman also played on Baba Olatunji’s classic Drums of Passion album and recordings by the Isley Brothers, the Drifters, Benny King, and Solomon Burke, among others.
Al can be seen interviewed in the feature documentary ” What Happened Miss Simone ? ” showing August 25th at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center.
“Garbus’ revealing documentary not only tracks the musician’s life and rise to stardom, but pulls into focus many of the sad reasons behind Simone’s retreat from the public eye.”–Austin Trunick, Under the Radar
“What Happened” features some of the best concert footage and musical performances in recent music doc memory, even if it never quite answers the question in its title.’–Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
