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Little Richard: I Am Everything @ Pickford Film Center

  • Pickford Film Center 1318 Bay Street Bellingham, WA, 98225 United States (map)

Just added with tickets on sale now! One night only! The definitive #LittleRichard story—LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING.

A-WOP-BOP-A-LOO-BOP! The untold story of the larger-than-life legend who changed music. One night only, April 11th! Tickets on sale now.

Director Lisa Cortés’ LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING 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. 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. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n’ roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.

Earlier Event: April 11
Aslan Depot Jazz Night
Later Event: April 12
Western Wednesday