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Jackie Shane doc directors tell the pioneering trans singer's fascinating story

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, the directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, join Q's Tom Power to discuss their film and how an unreleased song was discovered in Shane's house after her passing.

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story explores the life of one of music's pioneering Black trans performers

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A woman in a white wig and shiny dress poses in a black and white photograph.
Singer Jackie Shane is photographed at the edge of stardom. A documentary on the musician is one of the standouts at this year's Hot Docs festival. (Banger Films/NFB)
Q20:55Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee: Jackie Shane’s fascinating story

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee are the directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a new documentary about the late American R&B singer Jackie Shane.

Shane was a Black trans woman who became popular in Canada after moving to Toronto in the 1960s. She released a single called Any Other Way that charted across the country, but in the 1970s, she became a recluse and disappeared from the public eye. Mabbott and Rosenberg-Lee join Q's Tom Power to discuss their film and how an unreleased song was discovered in Shane's house after she passed.

WATCH | Excerpt from Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story:

The full interview with Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee produced by Lise Hosein.

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