The story of the Black queer 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
John Waters
Mick Jagger
Billy Porter
Tom Jones
Paul McCartney
Nona Hendryx
Valerie June
Nile Rodgers
Fredara Hadley
Alan Freed
Elvis Presley
Pat Boone
John Lennon
Keith Winslow