Watch Trailer To HBO’s Doc On Singer Soul Legend Mavis StaplesPosted by Wilson Morales
February 4, 2016
HBO has released the trailer to its upcoming feature documentary MAVIS! about the life of music legend Mavis Staples, directed by Jessica Edwards.
The film had its world premiere at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival where it received a standing ovation. “Mavis!” is set to debut on HBO February 29.
MAVIS! is the first documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers. Beginning in the gospel church, Mavis’ music spans from the freedom songs of the ‘60s and hits like “I’ll Take You There” to funked-up collaborations with Prince and her recent albums with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Over the course of her unrivaled career, Mavis has stayed true to her roots, kept her family close and reinvented herself as a solo artist at the age of 65. With dynamic live performances, rarely-seen archival footage and conversations with musical legends Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Levon Helm, Chuck D and more, MAVIS! reveals the struggles and successes of her journey and why her message of love and equality is needed now more than ever.
