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‘Miss Sharon Jones!’ Makes It Through Alive and Triumphant

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Christopher Campbell
Jul 29, 2016
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Considering Barbara Kopple has made two of the best documentaries of all time (Harlan County, USA and American Dream, both of them Oscar winners), I tend to have high expectations of her films. Maybe that’s unfair. Earlier this year, I championed the latest from fellow legends D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (Unlocking the Cage) as being perhaps lesse…

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