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Little Richard: I Am Everything
Rock pioneer’s life story focusing on his gender and ethnicity, but with too little vintage Richard for Max Décharné.
Mister Rock’n’roll: Little Richard, in 1971, setting the template for almost everything that was to follow.
Getty
★★★
Dir: Lisa Cortés
CNN FILMS. C/ST/DVD
“I AM THE originator,” said Little Richard to the Hollywood crowd at the 1997 AMA awards, “I am the emancipator, I am the architect of rock’n’roll.” A provocative statement, delivered with total assurance and considerable charm, like Ali telling inter viewers “I am the greatest” it succeeds because it’s essentially true. With his astonishing 1950s run of hits for the Specialty label, Richard set the template for almost ever ything that was to follow.