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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Kennedy

Film Review: Little Richard biopic celebrates a rock pioneer

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The king of rock ‘n’ roll didn't die at Graceland in 1977. He died just three years ago in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and he never really got the crown he deserved.

That's the persuasive case made by Lisa Cortés' documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” an insightful biography of an unlikely hero who emerged in the buttoned-down Eisenhower era.

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