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LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding 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. 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’ roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.
Original Release
04/11/2023
US Release
04/11/2023
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Little Richard | Self - Architect of Rock & Roll |
Ralph Harper | Self - Macon Neighbor |
Newt Collier | Self - Cousin |
Charles 'Bud' Penniman | Self - Little Richard's Dad |
Muriel Jackson | Self - Head of the Middle Georgia Archives |
Zandria Robinson | Self - Scholar |
Billy Vera | Self - Specialty Records Historian |
Billy Porter | Self - Musician |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Self - Singer, Mother of Rock and Roll |
Nona Hendryx | Self - Labelle |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Little Richard | Self - Architect of Rock & Roll |
Ralph Harper | Self - Macon Neighbor |
Newt Collier | Self - Cousin |
Charles 'Bud' Penniman | Self - Little Richard's Dad |
Muriel Jackson | Self - Head of the Middle Georgia Archives |
Zandria Robinson | Self - Scholar |
Billy Vera | Self - Specialty Records Historian |
Billy Porter | Self - Musician |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Self - Singer, Mother of Rock and Roll |
Nona Hendryx | Self - Labelle |
Valerie June | Self - Musician |
Stanley Stewart | Self - Cousin |
Ma Rainey | Self - Singer |
Fredara Hadley | Self - Ethnomusicologist |
Jason King | Self - Scholar |
Billy Wright | Self - Singer |
Libby Anthony | Self - Entertainment Agent |
Esquerita | Self - Musician |
Charles Connor | Self - Drummer |
Lloyd Price | Self -Singer / Songwriter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Amy Entelis | Executive Producer |
Jason Fine | Executive Producer |
Mike Powers | Executive Producer |
Dee Rees | Executive Producer |
Anita May Rosenstein | Executive Producer |
Courtney Sexton | Executive Producer |
Gus Wenner | Executive Producer |
Lisa Cortes | Producer |
Caryn Capotosto | Producer |
Jackie Clary | Producer |
Sophia Dilley | Producer |
Robert Friedman | Producer |
Alexandra Hannibal | Producer |
Liz Yale Marsh | Producer |
Jeff Menné | Producer |
Jarobi Moorhead | Producer |
Marah Olsen | Producer |
Catherine Rierson | Producer |
Bethany Schattner | Producer |
Bridget Schelzi | Producer |
Sig Sigworth | Producer |
Kathleen Simmonds | Producer |
Veda Smith | Producer |
Nicole Tsien | Producer |