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.
'Little Richard: I Am Everything' director Lisa Cortés on origins of rock ’n’ roll
![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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e3d0d7c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/880x495!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F28%2Fb969f7044ecd94478084860a0666%2Fz6x5gb2qxlittlerichard-iameverything-still1.jpeg)
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