Posted January 28, 2009
“So grab your head and make a fist. Listen to me and remember this. That I’ll tell it to the hot, tell it to the cold, tell it to the young and tell it to the old. I don’t want no laughing; I don’t want no crying and most of all, no signifying.” —Petey Greene
SnagFilms is thrilled to present an exclusive 20-minute preview of ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene, in advance of it’s television premiere on February 3, 2009 on the Emmy® Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens.
Between 1967 and 1983, an unvarnished media voice roared through the airwaves of our nation’s capital. First on radio, then on television, Petey Greene spoke to and for people who had often been voiceless. A two-time Emmy® Award winner, Greene overcame drug addiction and a sentence for armed robbery to become one of Washington, D.C.’s most prominent media figures. Speaking truth to power on his raw, uncensored radio and television shows, Greene talked about racism, poverty, religion, politics, sexuality and drug abuse. His guests ranged from office holders like Midge Costanza, a special assistant to President Jimmy Carter, to political consultant Donna Brazile to up-and-coming radio host Howard Stern, who appeared in black face. Greene was an icon in the community, and it was his presence that calmed rioters in the streets after Martin Luther King’s assassination. Narrated by Don Cheadle—who portrayed Greene in the feature film Talk to Me—ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene will have its television premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, February3, 2009 at 10 PM (check local listings).
SnagFilms presents exclusive preview of ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene
