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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
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Little RichardSelf (archive footage)
John WatersSelf
Mick JaggerSelf
Billy PorterSelf
Tom JonesSelf
Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage)
Nona HendryxSelf
Nile RodgersSelf
Alan FreedSelf (archive footage)
Elvis PresleySelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Lisa Cortés
- Producer
- Liz Yale Marsh
- Producer
- Caryn Capotosto
- Director of Photography
- Keith Walker
- Director of Photography
- Graham Willoughby
- Editor
- Nyneve Laura Minnear
- Editor
- Jake Hostetter
- Original Music Composer
- Tamar-kali
- Producer
- Lisa Cortés
- Producer
- Robert Friedman