What Happened, Miss Simone?
2015 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 15,084 VOTES · DIR. Liz Garbus
Overview
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,473 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:31 Tremendous pleasure and honor to welcome
00:06:59 She found a purpose for the stage
00:10:49 She was alien to me.
00:14:30 So, $90 was more money than I had ever heard of in my life
00:18:41 She played very fine piano.
00:22:25 Do you want to hear "Porgy"?
00:27:01 I said, "How's the baby?" He says, "How's the mother?"
00:30:55 For the first time on British television
00:34:19 ♪ Gonna break this chain off and run ♪
00:38:24 when she was pregnant with me.
00:42:15 ♪ I think every day's gonna be my last ♪
00:46:00 as I walked across that railroad track every Saturday.
00:50:52 ♪ Just tell 'em exactly how you feel ♪
00:54:51 and then share it joyously when she sang it.
00:57:56 I really mean to provoke this feeling of, like, "Who am I? Where'd I come from?"
01:01:26 - Are you really ready? - Yeah!
01:04:19 She is Miss Nina Simone.
01:08:57 She's watching me pantomime and she performed.
01:13:01 Not a performance.
01:17:32 and I had worked myself out of it
01:21:37 "Oh, she-- You know, she used to be a star.
01:26:56 and they put a boycott on all of my records
01:30:26 She started taking the Trilafon and the doctor said
01:34:16 ♪ Liz Taylor is not his style ♪
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,473
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line01:34:16
Production Record
DirectorLiz Garbus
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes15,084