'Miss Sharon Jones!' Wows Crowds in Toronto

The incendiary soul singer Sharon Jones already had a few fans in the room when Barbara Koppel’s documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!” made its world premiere Friday night during the Toronto International Film Festival. By the end of the movie (which is seeking distribution), everybody in the place had a jones for Jones. The narrative arc of the film is the diminutive (“four foot 11 and a quarter”) singer’s more than year-long battle with cancer -- and her return to performing. But by lavishing huge helpings of Jones’ music and explosive performances on what is a very intimate portrait, the two-time-Oscar-winning Koppel keeps the doc from ever becoming maudlin, or predictable, or from even...

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