Deze inspirerende documentaire toont het gevecht van r&b-zangeres Sharon Jones tegen alvleesklierkanker terwijl ze haar band bij elkaar houdt voor een come-back.

Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbara Kopple shines a powerful, inspiring and entertaining spotlight on contemporary soul queen Sharon Jones. As she prepares to release her much-anticipated new album, Sharon comes face to-face with the greatest challenge of her life: a grave cancer diagnosis. Follow this tour de force over the course of an eventful and remarkable year as she struggles to hold her band The Dap-Kings together while battling her way back to the stage with the unstoppable determination of a true soul survivor

Nas vésperas de lançar o seu novo álbum, a cantora de soul internacionalmente reconhecida foi diagnosticada com câncer no pâncreas. Datas de shows foram canceladas e o álbum foi guardado, enquanto Sharon Jones começou a luta pela sua vida e carreira. Miss Sharon Jones! acompanha intimamente o intenso e corajoso ano da vida de Sharon.