OPENING NIGHT: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

Trailer

OPENING NIGHT: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

2024 Opening Night

Thu

Thu 14 Nov 9:15 PM

ACMI Cinema 1

Wheelchair

Allocated Seating

Unclassified 15+

99 Mins | Canada

Wishlist

Calendar X Facebook

Presented in partnership with Prime Video.

Step into the magic of MQFF’s Opening Night with Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story and an RnB-themed celebration at ACMI. Join Melbourne's LGBTQIA+ community for a night of vibrant entertainment featuring DJs, a lively dance-floor, and plenty of hospitality.

Catch one of two screenings at 6:30 pm or 9:15 pm and enjoy a full experience with pre-and-post-show music, food, and drinks.

Red carpet moments and photo ops await, along with a chance to meet this year’s MQFF stars!

Dress code: fabulous-opulence-rock'n'roll

Refreshments and food will be available for purchase throughout ACMI’s bar, café, and foyer spaces from 5 pm till late.

MELBOURNE PREMIERE

Chances are you’ve never heard of singer Jackie Shane, a rising star in 1950s Nashville who became a sensation in ‘60s Toronto, with a huge hit single in Any Other Way (“Tell her that I'm happy / Tell her that I'm gay / Tell her I wouldn't have it / Any other way”). However, Shane was to disappear mysteriously from public view for nigh-on 40 year

From the producers of the Emmy Award-winning Hip-Hop Evolution (2016) and Executive Producer Elliot Page comes this stirring, Frameline “Out in the Silence Award”-winning documentary which shares the extraordinary story of a pioneering Black trans performer of exceptional talent and stage presence, who in no way hid her queerness and refused to be anyone but her authentic self.

Sandra Caldwell – who recently shared her own remarkable, previously invisible trans herstory in Disclosure (2020) – and Makayla Couture give testimony to Shane’s inspirational significance and, beneath beautiful, painterly rotoscoping, embody her too, as we hear from Shane herself in never-before-heard phone conversations. We’re also treated to live recordings which leave no doubt that Jackie Shane was one of the greatest soul performers of the 20th century – period.

Screens with:

Normal

While We Still Have Time

WINNER OF MQFF PITCH, PLEEZ! 2024While We Still Have Time is the debut from daughter-cum-documentary filmmaker, Ava Grimshaw-Hall, who embarks on a poignant journey to connect with her sperm donor...

View

Trailer

Wishlist

Calendar X Facebook

Director

Genre

Premiere

Language

Year

ACMI Cinema 1

Federation Square, Flinders Street Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

Information

Transport

Accessibility

ACMI is located at Fed Square, Melbourne, on Flinders St between Swanston St and Russell St.

ACMI has two entrances: one on Flinders Street (look for the revolving door), and one at the top end of the Fed Square plaza.

ACMI has lifts at every level of the building.

Public Transport
Most of Melbourne’s trains and trams will take you to ACMI.

Our location at Fed Square sits opposite Flinders Street Station within Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone.

Bicycles

If you plan to cycle to ACMI, you can lock your bike to purpose-built bicycle racks installed around the perimeter of Fed Square, but you’ll need to bring your own lock. You can’t bring your bike into ACMI itself.

Parking
Paid parking is available at the Fed Square carpark, located on the Russell Street Extension or via the second entrance off Batman Ave. It's a 2 minute (200m) walk from Fed Square car park to ACMI.

There is also a Wilson Parking at 172/192 Flinders St, directly opposite our Flinders Street entrance.

Lifts

Level 1 – Cinemas access
There are two lifts located on Level 1. As you enter from Fed Square, one is around the corner on your right, as you pass the Tickets and Information Desk and approach the stairs. If you make a hard right towards the cafe and bar and the Level 1 toilets, you will see the lift. This is the best lift option to reach the Cinemas level (Level 2).

Wheelchairs

If you use a wheelchair you can access all our spaces.

If you need to borrow a wheelchair for use inside the museum, present your ID at one of our Tickets and Information Desks on arrival and we’ll organise one for you free of charge.

Guide dogs

Guide Dogs and registered assistance animals are welcome throughout ACMI. But only registered animals.

Hearing loops

Free hearing devices are available for use in the ACMI Cinemas and Studios and can be borrowed on presentation of ID. Visit the Tickets and Information Desks on Level 1 or Ground Floor to arrange.

The devices come with headphones or connect with hearing aids via a neck loop. You can choose what you prefer.

Toilet Facilities

Toilets are located on Ground Floor and Level 1. We have wheelchair accessible toilets and gender neutral toilets on both levels.

Baby change facilities are available at the Flinders St (Ground Floor) and Fed Square (Level 1) entrances near the toilets.