CNN Sets Premiere Date For ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ – Update
deadline.comUPDATE: CNN has scheduled the premiere of Lisa Cortés’ Little Richard: I Am Everything for September 4. The network will premiere the documentary at 9 p.m.
ET/PT. Cortés said in a statement, “I made this film because the story of Little Richard is the story of rock ‘n’ roll — and rock ‘n roll is the American idiom.” PREVIOUSLY, January 20: Magnolia Pictures has taken global rights to CNN Films and director Lisa Cortés’ Little Richard: I Am Everything following its world premiere as the opening night selection of Sundance in the US Documentary Competition section.
Produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment for CNN Films and HBO Max, in association with Rolling Stone Films, and executive produced by Dee Rees, the film 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.
Magnolia plans to release the film in April. HBO Max is an EP and has domestic and international SVOD streaming rights. The docu through archive and performance materials follows Little Richard’s switchbacks and contradictions.
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