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Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

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2024 1 h 39 min
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A lost R&B star who eclipsed Etta James and Little Richard, trans soul singer Jackie Shane blazed an extraordinary trail with an unbreakable commitment to her truth. Forty years after vanishing from public view, this 20th century icon finally gets her second act.

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A lost R&B star who eclipsed Etta James and Little Richard, trans soul singer Jackie Shane blazed an extraordinary trail with an unbreakable commitment to her truth. Forty years after vanishing from public view, this 20th century icon finally gets her second act.
In select theatres across Canada starting August 16
Women Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Music Sexuality and Reproduction All subjects
  • director
    Michael Mabbott
    Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
  • writer
    Michael Mabbott
    Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
  • producer
    Amanda Burt
    Sam Dunn
    Scot McFadyen
    Michael Mabbott
    Justine Pimlott
  • executive producer
    Scot McFadyen
    Sam Dunn
    Chanda Chevannes
    Anita Lee
    Elliot Page
    Matt Jordan Smith
    Martin Katz
    Nia Long
    CJ Mac
  • supervising producer
    Erin Sharp
  • line production
    Craig Mailman
  • editor
    Mike Munn
  • director of photography
    Adam Crosby
  • original music
    Murray Lightburn
  • music supervisor
    Erin Hunt
  • art director
    Derek Tokar
  • archives producer
    Emma Kehayas
  • creative consultant
    Alison Duke
    Rob Bowman
    Sarah sharkey-Pearce
  • additional writing
    Alison Duke
  • story editor
    Jerome Skeete
  • story assistant
    Carolyn Campbell
    Susan Schafer
    Tristen Sutherland
    Melissa Vincent
  • first assistant director
    Austin Birtch
    David Manion
    Daniel Murphy
  • second assistant director
    Carolyn Campbell
  • production coordinator
    Carolyn Campbell
  • camera operator
    Jared Raab
    Lulu Wei
  • camera assistant
    Val Bonifaz
    Ryan Dioso
    Emerson Kyle
  • key gaffer
    Ryan Dioso
    Khanh Tudo
  • key grip
    Sierra Sun
  • BTS photography
    Alison Clark
  • sound recordist
    James Belyea
    Jaiden Davis-Jones
    Clay Howard
    Kevin Mackenzie
    Ian Mcgettigan
    Sachin Mohindra
  • playback supervisor
    Kevin Mackenzie
    Ian Mcgettigan
  • script supervisor
    Hannah Byrne
  • production assistant
    Zach Eulberg
    Jen Katshunga
    Lee Nisar
    Aubrey Salm
    Sharon Wong
  • re-enactment actor
    Sandra Caldwell
    Makayla Walker
  • appearance
    Jackie Shane
    James Baley
    Bobby Dean Blackburn
    Rob Bowman
    Sandra Caldwell
    Jimmy Church
    The Crawford/Douglas Family
    Rodney Diverlus
    Andrenée Majors Douglas
    Elaine Gaber-Katz
    Howard Gentry
    Michael Gray
    Vonnie Crawford Moore
    Marisa Richmond
    Raymond Summerour
    Makayla Walker
    Lorenzo Washington
  • makeup artist
    Rahnell Branton
  • wig stylist
    Willie Ballard
    Kevin Bailey
  • wardrobe stylist
    Kai Jackman
  • post-producer
    Janet Brady
  • post production supervisor
    Quinn Glasbergen
    Melissa Hore
    Josclyn Johnson
    Alexandra Ordolis
  • visual effects
    Diego Bergia
    Charlie Shekter
  • additional editing
    Lucius Dechausay
  • online editor
    Andrew Kowalchuk
    Hari Ramesh
  • technical supervisor
    Andrew Kowalchuk
  • colorist
    Simon Hyland
  • lead assistant editor
    Pranay Nichani
  • assistant editor
    Kyle Pike
    Lois Yap
    Adoniyas Yegezu
  • post production assistant
    Jordan McTavish
  • transcriber
    Kelly Aija Zemnickis
    Nancy Dutra
    Cosette Schultz
    Adrienne Smith
  • animation
    AOK
  • director of animation
    Luca Tarantini
  • co-director of animation
    Jared Raab
  • VFX artist
    Patrick Cederberg
  • illustrator
    Liana Tarantini
  • storyboard artist
    Steve Manale
  • virtual set designer
    Claire Cavanagh
  • graphic artist
    Alex Kurina
    Noah Taylor
  • studio operations manager
    Mark Wilson
  • studio administrator
    Andrew Martin-Smith
  • senior production coordinator
    Melissa Paduada
  • production supervisor
    Marcus Matyas
  • technical coordinator
    Kevin Riley
  • studio technician
    Q'Mal Labad-Workman
  • studio coordinator
    Calvin Serutoke
  • marketing manager
    Andrea Elalouf
  • marketing coordinator
    Michelle Rozon
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
    David Steinberg
    Bob Tarantino
  • digital colourist
    Drake Conrad
  • packaging editor
    Hari Ramesh
  • COO
    Joe Serafini
  • lab coordinator
    Alison MacDonald
  • dialogue editor
    Kathy Choi
  • sound effects editor
    Michelle Irving
  • music editor
    Giuseppe Mancuso
  • re-recording mixer
    Lou Solakofski
    Michelle Irving
  • operations manager
    Alex Aslund
  • head of production
    Virginia Koole
    Tom Shin
  • engineer
    Shae Brossard
  • studio assistant
    Jojo Worthington
  • original music - assistance
    Owen Heathcote-Fraser
  • singer
    Pamela King
    Jewelle Mackenzie
    Wayne Tennant
  • musician
    Paul Shrofel
    Richard Irwin
    Steve Raegle
    Frank Lozano
    Cameron Milligan
    John Sweenie
    Levi Dover
    Murray Lightburn
  • mentorship
    Luis De Phillips
    Gabrielle Zilkha
  • production baby
    Marlo
    Robin
    Mathilda
    Claire
  • director, business affairs
    Lisa Cannon
  • development
    Amanda Burt
    Julian Geneen
    Michael Goldsmith
    Nicolina Lanni
  • head of post production
    Janet Brady
  • financial controller
    Anton Parfenyuk
  • production accountant
    Anton Parfenyuk
    Cassie Ji
  • office manager
    Hannah Byrne
  • health and safety (Covid-19) supervisor
    Robert Ock
  • auditor
    Jimmy Ye
  • insurance
    Front Row Insurance
  • interim financing
    HSBC
  • general manager, original programming
    Carlyn Klebuc
  • head of production, original programming
    Sarah Fowlie
  • senior production executive, original programming
    Tina Apostolopoulos

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