The story of the black, gay 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.
Little Richard
as Self (archive footage)
John Waters
as Self
Mick Jagger
as Self
Billy Porter
as Self
Tom Jones
as Self
Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
Nona Hendryx
as Self
Valerie June
as Self
Nile Rodgers
as Self
Fredara Hadley
as Self
Alan Freed
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage)
