Little Richard: I Am Everything

82 State Street,Newburyport MA 01950

11 April, 2023

Description

Director Lisa Cortés’ 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. This Sundance Film Festival hit brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, unspooling the icon’s life story with all of 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. Join us for this fabulous film and help raise funds for Newburyport's annual PRIDE IN THE PORT celebration! $5 from each ticket will serve as a donation to Newburyport's Pride Board. At the event, you'll also have a chance to win a gift basket including a movie night for two at The Screening Room, an LP from Dyno Records, and a BluRay of THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, featuring a performance by Little Richard.