Special Screening - West Coast Premiere!Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
Plays with short: Tellin' It Like It Is
Starring: Don Cheadle (Narrator), Marion Barry, Sugar Ray Leonard, Dewey Hughes, Chuck Brown, Roach Brown, Robert Hooks, Midge Costanza, and James Brown.
Petey Green was the original shock-jock and a D.C. area local hero.
America’s original shock-jock, Petey Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison-time to “tell it like it is,” shocking and entertaining everyone from the ghetto to the White House. During an era of civil unrest in our nation’s capital, Petey used taboo words and ideas, forcing people to confront their own prejudices on his raw, uncensored TV and radio shows. His explosive language and brash style unsettled the establishment as Petey battled both the system and his own demons. Don Cheadle, who portrayed Petey in the feature film Talk To Me, narrates this documentary featuring a face-off between Petey and an up and coming deejay named Howard Stern.
USA 2008 | 52 minutes | Director: Loren Mendell
Fri. 4/11 9:30pm Ramekins Screening Room
Sat. 4/12 9:30pm Ramekins Screening Room
