About the Film
Synopsis
Shine Service is a feature-length documentary that tells the incredible life story of Robert Person, a/k/a “Percy”, an 84-year-old, African American shoe shine man. Percy began shining shoes in 1947 with a small shoe stand on Nashville’s historic Jefferson Street and currently owns and operates Shine Service in the historic downtown Nashville Arcade. He is a Nashville icon and has touched the lives of many people including professional athletes, high-profile public officials, and others along the way.
Credits
Directed by: Drew Maynard
Executive Producers: Phillip Byron Jones & Tammy Parmentier-Jones
Produced by: Red Truck Creative & Bolo Brothers Creative
Based on the short story Shine Service by Phillip Byron Jones
