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A Banger Films/NFB co-production. Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee making its French premiere at FIPADOC 2025.

PRESS RELEASE
15/01/2025

January 15, 2025 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee’s feature doc Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a Banger Films/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production, has been selected to screen at the 2025 Festival international de programmes audiovisuels documentaires de Biarritz (FIPADOC) in France. The film will screen in competition in the musical documentary section of the festival, which takes place from January 24 to February 1, 2025.

This tribute to a trans soul-singing legend has garnered over 15 awards and honours, including the DGC Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs and a nomination for Best Music Documentary at the International Documentary Association Awards. Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story was also named to Canada’s Top Ten, the annual list compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) celebrating the best in Canadian cinema.

Elliot Page was one of the film’s executive producers.

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee (99 min) – FRENCH PREMIERE
Produced by Amanda Burt, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen (Banger Films); Michael Mabbott; Justine Pimlott (NFB)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/any-other-way-jackie-shane

  • A star is reborn. With an outsize stage presence that eclipsed R&B greats like Etta James and Little Richard, soul singer Jackie Shane was the real deal. Jackie boldly carved a new path as one of music’s trailblazing Black trans performers—but on the edge of stardom, why did she suddenly leave the spotlight?

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 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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French version here | Version française ici.

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