Little Richard: I Am Everything

Lisa Cortés' documentary argues for Little Richard as one of the true architects of rock and roll, a Black queer performer whose style was borrowed by white stars who got more credit and more money. It moves through his music, his conflicts with faith and his complicated feelings about his own sexuality.

It opened the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The film is celebratory but honest, using the voices of Black queer scholars to place him in a history that had pushed him to its edges.