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Little Richard: I Am Everything

6.6(33)20231h 38m1

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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Released
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Language
English
  • artists' life
  • biography
  • rhythm and blues (r&b)
  • black singer
  • eccentric artist
  • gospel singer
  • portrait of an artist
  • r&b artist
  • artistic revolution
  • male pianist
  • egocentric artists
  • gay artist

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Director

Lisa Cortés

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRSundance Film Festival19 Jan 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)R11 Apr 2023
    • Digital / OTTR21 Apr 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1528 Apr 2023
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
    • Digital / OTTM1 Jul 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereIt's All True - International Documentary Festival16 Apr 2023
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical154 May 2023
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1214 Jul 2023
  • FranceFR

    • TVArte5 Apr 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT025 Apr 2024
    • Physical025 Apr 2024
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki Documentary Festival6 Mar 2023
  • IrelandIE

    • Premiere15Irish Film Institute28 Apr 2023
  • IsraelIL

    • PremiereDocAviv Film Festival18 May 2023
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereTaormina Film Festival29 Jun 2023

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Little Richard: I Am Everything was released on 11 April 2023.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/6/2023

    7/10

    I admit to not really knowing so much about this enigmatic and flamboyant man, and I found this effort from Lisa Cortes to be quite an engaging and enlightening introduction. Using a mix of actuality and some soundbites, we are presented with an observational documentary of an outwardly gay man who can truly claim to have "invented" rock 'n roll - with over a dozen, instantly recognisable, toe-tappers to his name. As…

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    12/5/2023

    9/10

    Sometimes it takes a movie to help set the record straight. And, when it comes to designating who truly is the king of rock ’roll, this documentary from director Lisa Cortes does just that. Richard Wayne Penniman – professionally known as Little Richard (1932-2020) – burst onto the pop music scene in the mid-1950s with a singular, unrestrained, high-energy style that set him apart from other aspiring performers at th…

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