

11/04/2023
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.

Little Richard
as Self (archive footage)

John Waters
as Self

Mick Jagger
as Self

Billy Porter
as Self

Tom Jones
as Self

Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)

Nona Hendryx
as Self

Valerie June
as Self

Nile Rodgers
as Self

Fredara Hadley
as Self

Alan Freed
as Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage)

Pat Boone
as Self (archive footage)

John Lennon
as Self (archive voice)

Keith Winslow
as Self
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