Petey

It's fairly rare to find a person who is the subject of both a bio-pic and a documentary, but Petey Greene was a rare breed. An incredible character who overcame prison time and struggled throughout his life with personal demons, Petey found his calling in the late 60s as a pioneer shock jock on radio and later TV in Washington, D.C. He was a lightening rod activist and provocative voice of the people during a time of great civil unrest. I loved Don Cheadle's interpretation of him in Talk to Me, the 2007 film about Petey's life in the spotlight, and "telling it like it is".

The 2009 documentary, Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene, is a captivating companion piece to that film and just won the 2009 Independent Lens Audience Award. Narrated by Don Cheadle as well, it features a broader look at Petey's life, and spell-binding clips of the real Petey in action.

Celebrate a true iconoclast and check out Petey.