Miss Sharon Jones!

"The incredible true comeback story"

Jul 29 2016 Unrated 1h 33m
Documentary, Music

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

Plot

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.

Written by

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Directed by

Barbara Kopple

Cast

Sharon Jones, James Brown, Ellen DeGeneres

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cabin Creek Films

Languages

English

Awards

8 wins & 13 nominations

Trailers
Miss Sharon Jones! Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary
Scores
# of Votes
720
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
77
Popularity
NA