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.
Mavis Staples<br> Yvonne Staples<br> 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<br> Steve Cropper<br> Sharon Jones
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."
The film won a 2016 Peabody Award.