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I'm Jene Pierre, sitting in for Melissa Harris Perry.

And this is none other than the incomparable and larger than life entertainer, Little Richard.

Though we lost Little Richard in 2020 to bone cancer, his legacy as the architect of rock and roll and showing us all what it

means to be a rock star lives on.

Michael was inspired by me, Prince. James Brown, I discovered him. Jimmy Hendricks was my guitar player.

I used to stand on the desk and do little Richard. I love you, Paul. Hello, Linda.

Everyone was beholding to him. He spit on every rule and do Little Richard. I love you, Paul. Hello, Linda. Everyone was beholding to him.

He spit on every rule there was in music.

I was unpredictable.

They didn't know what I was going to do.

Now, you got a goddamn and show it to the world.

My name is Lisa Cortez, the director of Little Richard.

I am everything.

Lisa's new documentary about Little Richard's origin story premiered at the Sundance Film Festival

in January and will premiere in New York and L.A. this weekend. I asked Lisa what drew her to

tell the story of the complex and nuanced man known as Little Richard?

It was the spring of 2020. We were in lockdown. It was a challenging, sad time. And Little Richard passed away.

I started hearing his music everywhere, and it brought me a lot of joy and nostalgic

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