LAist

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Highlights The Queer, Black Roots Of Rock & Roll

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The voice behind early rock-and-roll ...
Variety

‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: An Enthralling Portrait of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Transgressive King

Lisa Cortés's film, in perceiving Little Richard as a wild genius of Black and queer culture, sees him more clearly than ever. But Little Richard was always another story. If Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis ...
CNN

Little Richard embraced fluidity in rock ‘n’ roll. These are some of the artists he influenced

Editor’s Note: The CNN Film “Little Richard: I Am Everything” tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll’s Black, queer origins. It illustrates clearly just how the revolutionary pop icon’s career laid the ...
NPR

Little Richard Documentary celebrates the talent — and mystery — of a legend

In 1956, Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene, changing music history. One of the songs on Presley's introductory album was his rendition of "Tutti Frutti," a song released the previous year by ...
Rolling Stone

Honoring the Musical Genius and Transgressive Power of Little Richard

The first thing film director Lisa Cortés did when she found out Magnolia Pictures had picked up her documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, was send a cosmic shout-out to the rock ‘n’ roll icon.