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Ballarat Film Society | ​Little Richard: I am Everything

December 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Musical Doco

‘The south is the home of all things queer,’ says scholar Zandria Robinson as we witness the exhilarating jam-packed story of Little Richard’s complex life and musical career, ending only in 2020.

Born in 1932 as Richard Wayne Penniman, by 1955 Little Richard was declared a world rock ‘n’ roll star with his hit “Tutti Frutti.”

Raised on gospel music, experimenting with drag, and drenched with musical talent, he went on to win award after award and reach global stardom.

Interestingly enough, on an Australian tour in 1957, when his plane from Melbourne to Sydney experienced difficulty, he saw a bright red fireball, coinciding with the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik. He cancelled his last two concerts, renounced rock’n’roll, and declared he was returning to the US to repent and be baptized! 

An enlightening film which will fill in the ‘gaps’ about his turbulent life and his undisputable influence. Amalgamated

USA, 2023, 98 min.

Dir: Lisa Cortés and starring Little Richard.

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