is a documentary film about musician and civil rights activist Mavis Staples, directed by Jessica Edwards.
The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March, 2015,[1] and was acquired for US broadcast by HBO.
[2] Mavis Staples Yvonne Staples Roebuck "Pops" Staples Pervis Staples Jeff Tweedy Chuck D Julian Bond Bonnie Raitt Bob Dylan Levon Helm Marty Stuart Al Bell Prince Steve Cropper Sharon Jones Mavis!
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97%, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10.
[3] Critic Joe Leydon, reviewing the film for Variety, called it "a spirited and captivating bio-doc that richly deserves the exclamation point in its title.