Miss Sharon Jones!

Sep 11, 2015

1h 33m

★ 7.1

The incredible true comeback story

Overview

Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbara Kopple shines a powerful, inspiring and entertaining spotlight on contemporary soul queen Sharon Jones. As she prepares to release her much-anticipated new album, Sharon comes face to-face with the greatest challenge of her life: a grave cancer diagnosis. Follow this tour de force over the course of an eventful and remarkable year as she struggles to hold her band The Dap-Kings together while battling her way back to the stage with the unstoppable determination of a true soul survivor

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Cabin Creek Films

Miss Sharon Jones! Trailers

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Cast

Self

Starr Duncan-Lowe

Self

Binky Griptite

Self

Megan Holken

Day Manager

Austen Holman

Manager

Alex Kadvan

Self

Saundra Williams

Self

Sharon Jones

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