Always told she was never good enough, legendary R&B queen Sharon Jones finally broke through as a renowned soul singer and was hailed as a modern-day, female James Brown. Now, as she prepares for her most important tour, Sharon comes face-to-face with the most difficult obstacle of her life: a cancer diagnosis. This film follows her over the course of an eventful year as she struggles to hold her band, The Dap Kings, together while battling her illness with an unstoppable determination to come out triumphant as a true soul survivor.