
2023
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
Self (archive footage)

John Waters
Self

Mick Jagger
Self

Billy Porter
Self

Tom Jones
Self

Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)

Nona Hendryx
Self

Valerie June
Self

Nile Rodgers
Self

Fredara Hadley
Self

Alan Freed
Self (archive footage)

Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)

Pat Boone
Self (archive footage)

John Lennon
Self (archive voice)

Keith Winslow
Self

Forman vs. Forman

Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy

The Gift of Indignation

Bohemian Rhapsody

A Tale of James Brown

Our Godfather

Earth, Wind & Fire

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

Modigliani et ses secrets

Rod Stewart, le trublion de la pop anglaise

La Trace de Kandia

Maestro

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Yo, Ocaña

Lords of Chaos

Cormac McCarthy's Veer

Riddles of Richard Sorge

Coming Back for More

Grizzly Man

Reagan: From Movie Star to President