ABOUT THE FILM:
Dir. Lisa Cortés / US / English / 107 min / Musical
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding 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. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n’ roll.
The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.
AUDIENCE ADVISORY: brief discussions of sexual encounters & acts; mild language; homophobia; use of derogatory homophobic & racist language; discussion of death by gun violence; discussion of racism & racist segregation & the negative impact of such; brief reference to lynching; brief reference to sex with a minor (teen); brief discussion of drug & alcohol use; discussion of self hate; brief image of car accident & person being put into an ambulance
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ABOUT THE VENUE — The Bowl at CLARK PARK
**Located at approximately 4350 Chester Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104—between 43rd and 44th streets and Chester and Kingsessing Avenues**
COME EARLY! SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. Food trucks, community partners and vendors will be on Chester Avenue near our event entrance (at approx. 4350 Chester Ave) and along our sidewalk by playground. Check social media and our website for updated listing of vendors, food trucks and community partners participating in our festival.
DOORS / DJ Blaak The Ninth Man @ 7:00PM
FILM @ 9:00PM
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