Producers: Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman, Liz Yale Marsh & Caryn Capotosto
U.S., 98 min
This sparkling, spirited, and stirring portrait of the "Quasar of Rock 'n' Roll" follows the trailblazer's turbulent and luminous life and musical career. Tracing his early days in Macon, Georgia as the son of a minister, to his sexually charged 1950s hits "Tutti Fruitti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly" and beyond, the film is both a tribute to his galactic cultural influence and a complex portrait of a gay Black man who would later renounce both rock music and his own queer identity. LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING is "jubilant and essential," "directed with supreme love and insight," and "the enthralling documentary that Little Richard deserves" (Variety).
