MOVIE · 2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Documentary101 min
Little Richard is at the center of this documentary on Richard Penniman’s life, music, and the Black queer roots of rock ’n’ roll. Using concert footage, TV appearances, and archival interviews, the film traces how his sound and image reshaped American pop while the wider culture often softened, borrowed, or erased what made him singular. Interviews with Billy Porter and John Waters join family members, musicians, and other commentators as the story moves through Richard’s public flamboyance, religious conflict, and shifting relationship to his own fame. The portrait keeps his contradictions in view along with his influence on generations of performers.
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