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{{Infobox film
| name           = Mavis!
| image          = Mavis poster.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        =
| director       = [[Jessica Edwards]]
| producer       = [[Jessica Edwards]] <br>Rachel Mills <br>[[Gary Hustwit]]
| music          =[[Mavis Staples]] <br>[[The Staple Singers]] <br>[[The Band]] <br>[[Bob Dylan]] <br>[[Jeff Tweedy]]
| cinematography = Keith Walker
| editing        = Amy Foote
| studio         = [[Film First]]
| distributor    = [[HBO]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2015|3|15|[[South by Southwest Film Festival|Austin]]|2016|02|19}}
| runtime        = 80 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''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,<ref name="sxsw"/> and was acquired for US broadcast by HBO.<ref name="billboard"/>
==Cast==
[[Mavis Staples]]<br>
Yvonne Staples<br>
[[Pops Staples|Roebuck "Pops" Staples]]<br>
Pervis Staples<br>
[[Jeff Tweedy]]<br>
[[Chuck D]]<br>
[[Julian Bond]]<br>
[[Bonnie Raitt]]<br>
[[Bob Dylan]]<br>
[[Levon Helm]]<br>
[[Marty Stuart]]<br>
[[Al Bell]]<br>
[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]<br>
[[Steve Cropper]]<br>
[[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.<ref name="RT"/> Critic Joe Leydon, reviewing the film for [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], called it "a spirited and captivating bio-doc that richly deserves the exclamation point in its title."<ref name="variety"/>
==Awards==
The film won a 2016 [[Peabody Award]].<ref name="peabody"/>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="sxsw">{{cite web|work=SxSW|title=2015 South by Southwest Film Festival program|url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FS17852|accessdate=17 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="peabody">{{cite web|work=2016 Peabody Awards|title=2016 Peabody Awards Winners|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/mavis|accessdate=17 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="RT">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mavis/ |title=''Mavis!'' (2016)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=17 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="variety">{{cite web|work=Variety|title=Film Review: 'Mavis!'|date=30 March 2015|first=Joe|last=Leydon|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/mavis-review-1201462996/|accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|work=Billboard|title=HBO Acquires Mavis Staples Documentary|date=10 April 2015|first=Phil|last=Gallo|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6531425/hbo-mavis-staples-documentary|accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
*{{Official website}}
* {{IMDb title|4224328|Mavis!}}
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[[Category:American documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about women in music]]
[[Category:Documentary films about African Americans]]
[[Category:2010s English-language films]]
[[Category:2010s American films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about singers|Staples, Mavis]]
[[Category:Biographical films by subject|Staples, Mavis]]
[[Category:Documentary films about gospel music]]
[[Category:English-language documentary films]]