names: Little Richard: I Am Everything
genre: Documentary, Music
overview: The story of the Black queer 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.
crew: Little Richard, Self (archive footage), John Waters, Self, Mick Jagger, Self, Billy Porter, Self, Tom Jones, Self, Paul McCartney, Self (archive footage)
orig_title: Little Richard: I Am Everything