
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard's complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.
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Little Richard
Self (archive footage)

John Waters
Self

Mick Jagger
Self

Billy Porter
Self

Tom Jones
Self

Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)

Nona Hendryx
Self

Nile Rodgers
Self

Alan Freed
Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)

Pat Boone
Self (archive footage)

John Lennon
Self (archive voice)
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