How trans soul pioneer Jackie Shane told her life story in new doc before she died [Video]

Jackie Shane, the trailblazing trans soul singer who dominated Toronto’s music scene in the 1960s, is the subject of new doc “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story,” which screens at Hot Docs. Directors Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee say after a year of trying to reach her, the reclusive singer spent “hours and hours” telling them her life story before she died in 2019. (April 26, 2024)

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