What You Need to Know About This Year's Oscar-Nominated Documentaries

This Netflix documentary about the "misunderstood" singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone is admired by critics and fans for its revealing narrative and an insightful context. Liz Garbus directed it, in collaboration with Simone's own daughter. Unlike several previously released biopics about the singer, this remarkable tribute project contains the artist's disturbing diary entries, insightful voice-over interviews, and family testimonials, all of which work effectively to help the viewers see past the legend's infamous persona.