Born Richard Penniman in Macon, Ga. in 1932, Little Richard was openly gay from a young age, kicked out of his family home by a father who expected him to be more masculine.

Little Richard died from bone cancer in 2020, but Cortés believes he would have been pleased with her documentary had he lived to see it.

Little Richard appears in Little Richard: I Am Everything by Lisa Cortes, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute ...

As a person, Little Richard Penniman was a bit of a mystery — and remains so, even after watching this full-length TV biography. But he also was a dynamo, as a performer, on stage and on record.

Here’s Little Richard was a considerable success when it arrived 1957, hitting No. 13 on the Billboard charts; a big achievement back then for a rock and roll record, especially a Black one.

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: An Enthralling Portrait of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Transgressive King Reviewed at Digital Arts, New York, Jan. 13, 2023.

Little Richard was one of the original rock 'n' rollers– He was THE ORIGINAL GLAM ROCKER, and he took a lot of abuse for being in the first wave. He forged a path for all of us who followed. pic ...

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She has musicians re-create breakout moments in Little Richard’s career, such as a night in the 1940s when Sister Rosetta Tharpe had him take the stage in Macon, Ga., or a spontaneous rendition ...