Mavis!

Mavis! 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, and was acquired for US broadcast by HBO.

Cast
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

Critical reception
Mavis! has received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 97%, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. 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."

Awards
The film won a 2016 Peabody Award.