Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) on Netflix
R20231h 38mDocumentaryMusic
Rock n' roll grew from black and gay culture, and a whitewashed pop canon left out Richard Penniman, known as Little Richard. Archive material and performances tell his life story.
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Plot summary
Richard Penniman, the musician who performed as Little Richard, is the subject of a documentary that follows his life and career. It sets the black and gay roots of rock n' roll against a whitewashed canon of American pop music, restoring Penniman to the place of the innovator and the originator. A wealth of archive material and performances opens his complicated inner world, and his story arrives with its switchbacks and contradictions. The film also features original music.
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