Little Richard: I Am Everything
78
Balasaur Score
Worth a look
2023 · Movie · 1h 38m · R
The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 79/100. Scores higher than 72% of the 2,377 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic79/100
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Lisa CortésDirector
- Tamar-kaliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Little RichardSelf (archive footage)
- John WatersSelf
- Mick JaggerSelf
- Billy PorterSelf
- Tom JonesSelf
- Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage)
- Nona HendryxSelf
- Valerie JuneSelf
- Nile RodgersSelf
- Fredara HadleySelf
- Alan FreedSelf (archive footage)
- Elvis PresleySelf (archive footage)
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Themes
artists' lifebiographyrhythm and blues (r&b)black singereccentric artistgospel singerportrait of an artistr&b artistartistic revolutionmale pianistegocentric artistsgay artist