Miss Sharon Jones!

Genre: Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 93 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2016

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Barbara Kopple

CAST INCLUDES:

Sharon Jones

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones as she tries to hold her band together while battling pancreatic cancer. Rated 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and an Official Selection of SXSW and Toronto International Film Festival, MISS SHARON JONES was praised by Variety: "No mere music doc, Barbara Kopple's celebration of soul queen Sharon Jones captures the tiny singer's incredible strength in the face of cancer."

SYNOPSIS

Miss Sharon Jones: Dreams never expire but sometimes they are deferred. Miss Sharon Jones follows the talented and gregarious soul singer of the Grammy nominated R&B band “Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.” In the most challenging year of her life, Sharon Jones confronts pancreatic cancer. As she struggles to find her health and voice again, the film intimately uncovers the mind and spirit of a powerful woman determined to regain the explosive singing career that eluded her for 50 years.

Miss Sharon Jones!

Genre: Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 93 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2016

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Barbara Kopple

CAST INCLUDES

"No mere music doc, Barbara Kopple's celebration of soul queen Sharon Jones captures the tiny singer's incredible strength in the face of cancer."

Variety

"Veteran documentarian Barbara Kopple serves up another portrait of female strength and resilience with Miss Sharon Jones!"

Hollywood Reporter

"When she bounds onstage with a holler and a howl - and diction that nails every last word to the melody - it's clear she deserves that exclamation point in the title."

New York Times