February 9, 2026 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
After a stellar festival run and more than 25 honours, U.S. and international audiences now have the chance to stream Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s acclaimed feature-length documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, co-produced by Banger Films and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and executive produced by Elliot Page.
Forty years after vanishing from public view, trans soul singing legend Jackie Shane finally gets her long-awaited and richly deserved second act—with viewers around the world able to discover her amazing talent and the mystery behind her sudden disappearance.
Where to watch
- Any Other Way is now available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV in theS., U.K., Australia, Belgium and France—as well as Apple TV in New Zealand and Switzerland.
- Also now available in Spain on the SVOD service Filmin.
- Coming in spring 2026 to the Canal+ SVOD platform in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, as well as francophone territories across Europe and around the world.
- Any Other Way continues to stream in Canada on Crave.
More about Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (99 min)
Directed by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Produced by Amanda Burt, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen (Banger Films); Michael Mabbott; Justine Pimlott (NFB)
Executive produced by Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn, Chanda Chevannes (NFB), Anita Lee (NFB), Elliot Page and Matt Jordan Smith (PAGEBOY Productions), Martin Katz, Nia Long and CJ Mac
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/any-other-way-jackie-shane
SYNOPSIS
A star is reborn.
With an outsize stage presence that eclipsed R&B greats like Etta James and Little Richard, Black trans soul singer Jackie Shane was the real deal.
After mysteriously vanishing from public view for almost 40 years, this little-known icon is given her ultimate due in Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s remarkable documentary portrait Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story.
In an era when voices like hers were silenced and marginalized, Jackie blazed an incandescent trail from her native Nashville to the top of the charts in 1960s Toronto, where she ruled the nightclub scene.
With few recordings of her legendary performances, this film brings Jackie to life in her own words through never-before-heard phone conversations, dazzling rotoscope animation and a newly released song, part of an incredible soundtrack that seals Jackie’s place as one of the greatest soul performers of the 20th century.
AWARDS/FESTIVALS
Any Other Way has received more than 25 awards and honours and screened at more than 60 festivals to date.
Selected honours include:
- Peabody Award, Best Documentary;
- Out in the Silence Award, Frameline International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, San Francisco;
- Audience Award – Best Music Documentary Feature, Nashville Film Festival;
- Best Doc Award, Doc’n Roll Film Festival, U.K.;
- Rogers Best Canadian Documentary, Toronto Film Critics Association;
- Canada’s Top Ten, Toronto International Film Festival;
- Best Original Music in a Documentary, Canadian Screen Awards;
- DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs;
- Nomination, Best Music Documentary, IDA Documentary Awards.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
- Toronto filmmaker Michael Mabbott’s features The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (Best Canadian First Feature Award) and Citizen Duane both premiered at TIFF. His first documentary, Music Lessons, premiered at Hot Docs.
- Lucah Rosenberg-Lee is a Toronto speaker, entrepreneur and filmmaker specializing in documentary and LGBTQ+ content. He has produced and directed a variety of projects including Passing and For Nonna Anna, which have screened at TIFF, Inside Out and Sundance.
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