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| The long overdue Jackie Shane documentary "Any Other Way" screens tonight at the Hot Docs Cinema tonight. Check the trailer. |
Here's the scoop...
Once you’ve heard Jackie Shane sing, you’ll never forget it. Yet, after shattering barriers as one of pop music’s first Black trans performers, this trail-blazing icon vanished from the spotlight at the height of her fame. From modest beginnings in Nashville, Shane soon recognized her talents and, in her late teens, made her way to Boston and Montreal, working the nightclub circuit while taking the stage with Frank Motley, a musician known for playing two trumpets at once. Her arrival in Toronto during its 1960s music explosion made her a highly sought-after headlining act who seemed destined to take her place among the R&B stars of the era. Blending her music with never-released phone conversations and soulful animated re-enactments, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story brings Shane back to life in her own words, finally providing the recognition she so rightly deserves and introducing her to a generation fighting for their right to be their true selves.
This just in: The DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary, sponsored by the Directors Guild of Canada and DGC Ontario, was presented to Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (D: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee | P: Amanda Burt, Sam Dunn, Scot McFayden, Michael Mabbott, Justine Pimlott | Canada | 2024 | 99 min), sharing the life of one of music’s first Black trans performers who vanished from the spotlight at the height of her fame. The Award, supported by DGC National, comes with a $5,000 cash prize.
Jury Statement: “Once you’ve heard Jackie Shane sing, you will never forget it. Yet, after shattering barriers as one of pop music’s first Black trans performers, this trail blazing icon vanished from the spotlight at the height of her fame. Seductive, naughty, humorous—this hybrid documentary seamlessly blends animation, archival footage from Toronto and Nashville in the 60s and contemporary testimony. We appreciated both this courageous and generous artist we get to encounter and a film that invites us into her story, while giving enough room to showcase Jackie’s empowering music. “We just wouldn’t have it any other way.””
Check the short trailer clip, Canadian Heritage Minute narrated by Beverly Glenn-Copeland with incidental music composed by Murray Lightburn, a discussion with filmmakers Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee followed by the Elaine Banks audio-documentary "I Got Mine" from 2010 below. For more info, visit the Hot Docs site right here here.
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| Check out the Elaine Banks audio-documentary I Got Mine: The Jackie Shane Story from 2010 right here. |
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