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Little Richard: I Am Everything

The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.

Director

Lisa Cortes

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$131,490

Production

Bungalow Media + Entertainment,CNN Films,Rolling Stone Films

Awards

6 wins & 27 nominations

Homepage

https://www.littlericharddocumentary.com/

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[music ends] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Well, you must realize
that at your performances, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Well, you must realize that at your performances,

Everybody that wasn't alive
when I started and was gone, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Everybody that wasn't alive when I started and was gone...

No, I'm not. [chuckles] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

No, I'm not. [chuckles]

Audience: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Audience: [cheering]

Crowd: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crowd: [cheering]

Audience: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Audience: [cheering]

The...
[sings] ♪ Oooh! ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

The... [sings] ♪ Oooh! ♪

♪ Sure like to ball ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Sure like to ball ♪

♪ Ow ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[music fades] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crowd: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crowd: [cheering]

Crowd: [cheering, applauding] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crowd: [cheering, applauding]

- Let it all hang out!
- Audience: [laughing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- Let it all hang out! - Audience: [laughing]

I want you all to know
that I am the bronze Liberace. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

I want you all to know that I am the bronze Liberace.

- Shut up.
- Audience: [laughing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- Shut up. - Audience: [laughing]

The legacy of Little Richard
is complex. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

The legacy of Little Richard is complex.

- Please, please.
- Audience: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- Please, please. - Audience: [cheering]

Audience: [shouts indistinctly] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Audience: [shouts indistinctly]

But God let me know that he made
Adam to be with Eve, not Steve. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

But God let me know that he made Adam to be with Eve, not St...

Crawley: What was his life - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crawley: What was his life

Little Richard: [vocalizing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: [vocalizing]

Little Richard: You know,
I would get up off an orgy - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: You know, I would get up off an orgy

Audience: [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Audience: [cheering]

- King: He opened up a way.
- [hooting] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- King: He opened up a way. - [hooting]

[train whistle blows] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[train whistle blows]

- [bell dinging]
- [train whistle blowing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- [bell dinging] - [train whistle blowing]

[Rooster crowing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[Rooster crowing]

And I thought that was
the best thing - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And I thought that was the best thing

My mother would be in the
backyard washing our clothes - Little Richard: I Am Everything

My mother would be in the backyard washing our clothes

[water splashing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[water splashing]

Walking down the streets, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Walking down the streets,

♪ See my woman,
tell her hurry home ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ See my woman, tell her hurry home ♪

[chuckles] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

I just hit every key, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

I just hit every key,

- [piano playing]
- Little Richard: Everybody - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- [piano playing] - Little Richard: Everybody

[upbeat tune playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[upbeat tune playing]

His daddy,
Charles "Bud" Penniman, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

His daddy, Charles "Bud" Penniman,

He was a minister
who owned a small nightclub - Little Richard: I Am Everything

He was a minister who owned a small nightclub

The Black people called it
White Lightning, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

The Black people called it White Lightning,

He didn't want Richard
shouting out loud - Little Richard: I Am Everything

He didn't want Richard shouting out loud

♪ Yeah! ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Choir: [singing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Choir: [singing]

Collier: If you sat
in the Baptist church, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Collier: If you sat in the Baptist church,

Jackson: And then it would be
time for him - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Jackson: And then it would be time for him

[upbeat music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord ♪

♪ Oh, Jesus ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Oh, Jesus ♪

But they wouldn't let me
sing that much - Little Richard: I Am Everything

But they wouldn't let me sing that much

And then people started
hearing little turns - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And then people started hearing little turns

People used to come to me
when I was a little boy - Little Richard: I Am Everything

People used to come to me when I was a little boy

Robinson: I will say this - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Robinson: I will say this

Just about sexuality, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Just about sexuality,

So I would take
my mother's Sunday pins, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

So I would take my mother's Sunday pins,

I wore my mother's curtains, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

I wore my mother's curtains,

Jackson: When he came to town - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Jackson: When he came to town

♪ I am tired ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ I am tired ♪

He told me to get out of
the house, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

He told me to get out of the house,

He says that
"I wanted seven boys, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

He says that "I wanted seven boys,

Collier: Ann and her husband
actually took Richard in, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Collier: Ann and her husband actually took Richard in,

Jackson: You know, what we would
think of as quote, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Jackson: You know, what we would think of as quote,

Little Richard:
I used to play there, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I used to play there,

♪ All in my room ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ All in my room ♪

Sister Rosetta Tharpe shifted - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Sister Rosetta Tharpe shifted

♪ Everywhere that I go ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Everywhere that I go ♪

♪ Whoa ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Sing in the morning,
sing in the evening ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Sing in the morning, sing in the evening ♪

♪ Jesus is born ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Jesus is born ♪

Stewart: The Macon City
Auditorium is a venue - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Stewart: The Macon City Auditorium is a venue

[gentle music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[gentle music playing]

And I was singing
a Sister Rosetta Tharpe song - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And I was singing a Sister Rosetta Tharpe song

My mother said, "Go on, boy." - Little Richard: I Am Everything

My mother said, "Go on, boy."

♪ Happening every day ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ Happening every day ♪

Crowd: [shouting indistinctly] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Crowd: [shouting indistinctly]

Jordan: ♪ Caldonia, Caldonia ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Jordan: ♪ Caldonia, Caldonia ♪

And I went from there
to Belle Glade, Florida, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And I went from there to Belle Glade, Florida,

And then I went with
Sugar Foot Sam from Alabam. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And then I went with Sugar Foot Sam from Alabam.

We call it very often
the Chitlin' Circuit, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

We call it very often the Chitlin' Circuit,

♪ I got nipples on my titties ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything

♪ I got nipples on my titties ♪

- [laughter]
- [cheering] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

- [laughter] - [cheering]

King: I mean, this is
something that is a fact, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

King: I mean, this is something that is a fact,

And Little Richard not only sang
and performed in the shows, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

And Little Richard not only sang and performed in the shows,

Little Richard:
Sugar Foot Sam from Alabam, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: Sugar Foot Sam from Alabam,

He had a stage persona
called Princess LaVonne. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

He had a stage persona called Princess LaVonne.

King: And so he would
put on makeup, wear a dress, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

King: And so he would put on makeup, wear a dress,

It was seen as acceptable
only because of the context. - Little Richard: I Am Everything

It was seen as acceptable only because of the context.

People are drinking,
and it allows for the lines - Little Richard: I Am Everything

People are drinking, and it allows for the lines

Nyong'o: So this traveling world
was crucial, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Nyong'o: So this traveling world was crucial,

Little Richard: I was working
in Atlanta, Georgia, - Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I was working in Atlanta, Georgia,

[upbeat piano playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything

[upbeat piano playing]

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The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Lisa Cortes

Writer: N/A

Production: Bungalow Media + Entertainment,CNN Films,Rolling Stone Films

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $131,490

Released: 04 May 2023

Awards: 6 wins & 27 nominations

Homepage: https://www.littlericharddocumentary.com/