Little Richard: I Am Everything Enters Early Production Phases

Rolling Stone and Bungalow Media announced that they will be working together to produce a new documentary on the life and career of Little Richard.

The film will be directed by Lisa Cortes and Dee Rees, Liz Yale and Rolling Stone will executive produce Little Richard: I Am Everything.

Rees gave a statement about the impact that Little Richard had on music, saying:

“There’s a direct lineage from Little Richard to boundary-pushing artists like Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Moses Sumney, Frank Ocean and Brittany Howard. We wouldn’t have the genre-bending musical innovation, electrified performance style and the proud, identity-forward music culture we have today if Little Richard hadn’t fearlessly chopped a completely different path over new musical and social terrain.”

Cortes had some notes as well:

“There’s that moment when the meteorite that was Little Richard lit up my world. Burning bright with a voice that slayed and a pompadour that pridefully sashayed, he inspired me to color outside the lines, and give voice to all who are silenced for being too bold, too Black or too queer. The architect of rock ‘n’ roll, he instantly outpaced what passed for outrageous or transgressive. But that’s only the beginning of the story, and I plan on telling the rest. Together with my trailblazing producer Dee Rees, we are going to reclaim the crown for Little Richard, the undiluted King and Queen of rock ‘n’ roll. Forever may he reign!”

As the project is still in its early phases, there is no release date or platform set.

Source:
Rolling Stone