The Voice And The Life Of Nina Simone Is Charted In New Documentary

Nina Simone was a force of soul nature, a musical, chart-topping genius whose tunes still reverberate within a number of musical genres today. But the life of this immensely talented fusion of gospel and pop laced with jazz and performed with a perfect contralto voice faced a day-to-day fight for basic civil rights and she struggled to reconcile her artistic flair with her devotion to a fierce movement.

What Happened, Miss Simone? is an upcoming documentary that tackles the difficulties of these two worlds as Simone found herself at the centre of an imperfect world as a black, female with an extraordinary ability and a desire for change.

As a documentary subject, Simone, the civil rights struggle and the songs that everybody knows, is a formidable topic that promises to be a must-view.

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However, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January, some critics were quick to dismiss the way docu-director Liz Garbus tackled the tantilising story.

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