Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023)

6.6/10 • 98 min • Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Little Richard

Self (archive footage)

John Waters

Mick Jagger

Billy Porter

Tom Jones

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Nona Hendryx

Nile Rodgers

Alan Freed

Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

Pat Boone

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive voice)

Keith Winslow

John Branca

Recommendations

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

Everybody’s Everything

Beastie Boys Story

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

Elton John: Never Too Late

The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel

Imagine: John Lennon

The Velvet Underground

Moonage Daydream

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

The Sparks Brothers