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The Sundance Reel

'Little Richard: I Am Everything' director Lisa Cortés on origins of rock ’n’ roll

By Leslie Thatcher
Published January 23, 2023 at 8:24 AM MST
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.
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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.

Director Lisa Cortés’ eye-opening documentary "Little Richard: I Am Everything" shines a clarifying light on the Black, queer origins of rock ’n’ roll and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman.

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