Little Richard: I Am Everything<\/p>\n
Director Lisa Cort\u00e9s\u2019 LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n\u2019 roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator \u2013 the originator \u2013 Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard\u2019s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon\u2019s life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n\u2019 roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes \u2013 he was unabashedly everything.<\/p>\n
Directed by Lisa Cortes
\n1h 38m<\/p>\n
\u201cWildly entertaining\u201d The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n
\u201cEnthralling\u201d Variety<\/p>\n