--- title: Nina Simone: See the Trailer for Her Netflix Documentary description: "What Happened, Miss Simone?" debuts June 26 canonical: https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-29T19:37:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:47:44.677Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Nina Simone Will Put a Spell on You in This Netflix Documentary og:description: "What Happened, Miss Simone?" debuts June 26 og:url: https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e0271a92f8340e6/6987ed8bf887dc42e0e8e3ab/nina-simone.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nina Simone Portrait og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nina Simone Will Put a Spell on You in This Netflix Documentary twitter:description: "What Happened, Miss Simone?" debuts June 26 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e0271a92f8340e6/6987ed8bf887dc42e0e8e3ab/nina-simone.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nina Simone Will Put a Spell on You in the Trailer for Her Netflix Documentary by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 29, 2015 7:37 PM CUT  Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Nina Simone poses for a portrait circa 1968. Jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Nina Simone poses for a portrait circa 1968.Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 29, 2015 7:37 PM CUT “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” was one of the most stirring, iconic ballads Nina Simone ever sang. Now, that plea will be put to the test in a new Netflix documentary about the legendary singer’s life, _What Happened, Miss Simone?_ The film features archival footage of Simone performing, as well as taped interviews she gave before her death in 2003\. Her daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, signed off on the access, gave interviews herself and served as an executive producer on the movie. The trailer, out Wednesday, promises an unblinking look at Simone as a complicated person who, as a source in the trailer says, “could get violent”—but more importantly, as a revolutionary artist of the times. _What Happened, Miss Simone?_ debuts June 26 on Netflix. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/"},"headline":"Nina Simone Will Put a Spell on You in the Trailer for Her Netflix Documentary","datePublished":"2015-04-29T19:37:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:47:44.677Z","description":"What Happened, Miss Simone? debuts June 26","url":"https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/","keywords":["movies","Netflix","Trailer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e0271a92f8340e6/6987ed8bf887dc42e0e8e3ab/nina-simone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e0271a92f8340e6/6987ed8bf887dc42e0e8e3ab/nina-simone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nina Simone Portrait","caption":"Nina Simone Portrait","creditText":"Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3840624/what-happened-miss-simone/","name":"Nina Simone Will Put a Spell on You in the Trailer for Her Netflix Documentary"}}]}] ```