Special Event
In honour of Juneteenth
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.
Presented in Partnership with the Valid Dreams Foundation
DIRECTED BY: Lisa Cortés
STARRING: Little Richard, John Waters, Mick Jagger, Billy Porter, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney
GENRE(S): Documentary, Music
RUNTIME: 98 minutes
COUNTRY: United States of America
LANGUAGE: English