Little Richard: I Am Everything
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ittle Richard blew up the whitewashed canon of American pop music with his musical skills and charisma that made him a rock pioneer in the 1950s and an icon seven decades later. This film shows how the revolutionary artist who embodies the black queer origins of rock 'n' roll kept his life divided between God, sex and music.
In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals the way Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression – and what he gave to the world but was never able to give to himself.
Directed by: Lisa Cortés
