Production Companies: Bungalow Media + Entertainment , CNN Films , Rolling Stone Films .
Overview: 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.
, CNN Films 
, Rolling Stone Films 
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