Find a screening at a cinema near you.
St. Catharines | Opening September 14
The Film House at Ontario Performing Arts Centre
Guelph| Opening September 18
Bookshelf Cinema
Halifax | Opening September 20
Cineplex Cinemas – Park Lane
Victoria | Opening September 23
Cinecenta
Wolfville, Nova Scotia | Opening September 25
Al Whittle Theatre
More dates and cities to be announced soon!
Synopsis
A star is reborn. With an outsize stage presence that eclipsed even the greatest R&B artists, trans soul singer Jackie Shane shattered barriers with raw talent, courage and an unbreakable commitment to truth. Through never-before-heard phone conversations, dazzling animation and an incredible soundtrack, the full scope of her extraordinary life and career is finally revealed in this remarkable portrait.
Directors – Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
From Executive Producer Elliot Page
2024 | 98 min 50 s
Trailer
Awards and Festivals
- Out in the Silence Award – Frameline International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, San Francisco, U.S.A. (2024)
- DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2024)
- Top 10 Audience Favourite – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2024)
- Official Selection – Frameline International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, San Francisco, U.S.A. (2024)
- Official Selection – Sheffield DocFest, UK (2024)
- World Premiere – Official SelectionSXSW – South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, Austin, U.S.A. (2024)
- Official Selection – DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2024)
- Official Selection – Maryland Film Festival, U.S.A. (2024)
A Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada co-production