You may not have been able to catch the world premiere of “Little Richard: I Am Everything” at Sundance last week, but it looks like we won’t have to wait too long to watch Lisa Cortés’ latest doc. Deadline reports that Magnolia Pictures snagged worldwide rights to the portrait of the “Tutti-Fruitti” singer with plans to release the film in April. HBO Max holds domestic and international SVOD streaming rights.
Exec produced by “Mudbound” writer-director Dee Rees, “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 –
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