Film festival to screen ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ at Liberty Theatre

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, January 11, 2022

ASTORIA — The Astoria International Film Festival will host a screening of “What Happened, Miss Simone?” at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the Liberty Theatre.

Tickets are $10.

The film festival team works to screen a film each year in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

A forum will follow the screening about Nina Simone, an entertainer and activist during the civil rights era in the 1960s.

Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is required.

The theater is located at 1203 Commercial St. in Astoria.