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City AM
By Steve Dinneen Throughout history, those who created great movements are rarely the ones who enjoyed the benefits. Little Richard: I Am Everything is a stunning documentary about a singer, but also a meditation about how cultural history is manicured. Told through archive footage and talking head interviews, it's about the life of Richard Wayne Penniman, the singer from Maycomb, Georgia who would find success in the 1950s as Little Richard. Overcoming racial segregation to break through to America's white youth, the film is a testament to how hits such as Long Tall Sally and Tutti Frutti ins…
