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.

• Bungalow Media + Entertainment
• CNN Films
• Little Richard
• John Waters
• Mick Jagger
• Billy Porter
• Tom Jones
• Paul McCartney
• Nona Hendryx
• Valerie June