With soaring, belting vocals, Sharon Jones has often been called “the female James Brown.” Now, her on-going legacy looks to be revisited and revitalized in the first trailer for Miss Sharon Jones! The documentary was a selection at a number of film festivals, following Jones’ ability to overcome naysayers and garner a massive following of fans through her hard work and dedication.
Coming from legendary director Barbara Kopple (behind the landmark documentary Harlan County, USA), see the trailer below, along with a poster.
Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) shines a powerful, inspiring and entertaining spotlight on the legendary R&B queen Sharon Jones, whose wonder is a force to behold both on and off stage. Always told she was never good enough (“you’re too black, too short, too old”); Sharon finally broke-through as a renowned soul singer being hailed as a modern-day female James Brown. Now as she prepares for her most important tour, Sharon comes face-to-face with the most difficult adversity of her life: a diagnosis with cancer. Follow this tour de force over the course of an eventful year as she struggles to hold her band The Dap Kings together while battling her diagnosis with an unstoppable determination to come out triumphantly as a true soul survivor.
Miss Sharon Jones! opens in limited release July 29th.