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Film Round-up: April 28 2023
MARIA DUARTE reviews Little Richard, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rodeo and Polite Society
Priya Kansara and Nimra Bucha in Polite Society (2023) [IMDb]

Little Richard: I Am Everything (15)
Directed by Lisa Cortes
★★★★

HAILED as the “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” and in Little Richard’s own words “the originator and the emancipator,” this entertaining yet surprisingly moving account of his life and career also explores his legacy and the black queer origins of pop music. 

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