Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story | |
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Directed by | Michael Mabbott Lucah Rosenberg-Lee |
Written by | Michael Mabbott Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Alison Duke |
Produced by | Amanda Burt Sam Dunn Michael Mabbott Scot McFadyen Justine Pimlott |
Starring | Jackie Shane |
Cinematography | Adam Crosby |
Edited by | Mike Munn |
Music by | Murray Lightburn |
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Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee and released in 2024.[1] The film is a portrait of Jackie Shane, the pioneering transgender singer who was a prominent figure in the Toronto music scene in the 1960s before virtually disappearing from public life after 1971.[2]
The film was based in large part on telephone interviews that Mabbott conducted with Shane over the year before her death in 2019.Makayla Couture.[3]
Production on the film was announced in 2022.[4]
The film premiered at the 2024
SXSW festival,[5] and is slated to have its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[6] It is also slated to screen as the closing film of the 2024 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[7]
References
- ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (March 8, 2024). "SXSW: Jackie Shane Disappearance Mystery Solved in 'Any Other Way' Documentary". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Jackie Shane Documentary to Make World Premiere at SXSW". Exclaim!, February 8, 2024.
- ^ Michael Talbot-Haynes, "Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story". Film Threat, March 10, 2024.
- ^ Andrew Jeffrey, "Telefilm names 22 features for $3.8M theatrical doc fund". Playback, August 22, 2022.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Four Canadian world premieres added to SXSW lineup". Playback, July 8, 2024.
- ^ Jennie Punter, "Hot Docs Lineup: ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ to Open Toronto Nonfiction Fest Amid Mass Programmer Exit". Variety, March 26, 2024.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Adrianne & the Castle official opener for this year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival". Vancouver Sun, April 3, 2024.