6.609
98 min
The story of the Black queer 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 Richard | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Waters | Self | Unowned |
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Mick Jagger | Self | Unowned |
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Billy Porter | Self | Unowned |
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Tom Jones | Self | Unowned |
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Paul McCartney | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Nona Hendryx | Self | Unowned |
Valerie June | Self | Unowned | |
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Nile Rodgers | Self | Unowned |
Fredara Hadley | Self | Unowned | |
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Alan Freed | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Elvis Presley | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Pat Boone | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Lennon | Self (archive voice) | Unowned |
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Keith Winslow | Self | Unowned |