New documentary celebrates a pioneering transgender soul singer of the 1960s

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A woman wearing a light colored wig with a chandelier necklace over a black top with a boatneck cut.
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Jackie Shane was on the edge of stardom before pressure to abandon her identity forced her to abandon the spotlight.

A woman sits sideways on a wooden chair holding an old wired phone in one hand against her ear the other a pen. She's wearing a blue sleeveless garment with buttons and a high neck underneath it. There is wood paneling and a shelving unit behind her.
Courtesy of Banger Films and NFB

A man wearing a silver top holds his hand up with a cigarette between his fingers sitting next to a woman wearing a striped grey blazer with a white collared shirt underneath
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A hand holds a flyer saying "Saphire au go-go" advertising Jackie Shane
Courtesy of Banger Films and NFB