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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

20088.4 / 1060 min
Documentary

Overview

I'll tell it to the hot, I'll tell it to the cold. I'll tell it to the young, I'll tell it to the old. I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin'. This is Petey Greene's Washington.

Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene.

Cast

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Narrator (voice)

Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.

Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.

self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)

Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

self - actor and producer

Chuck Brown

Chuck Brown

self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene

Marion Barry

Marion Barry

self - former mayor of Washington, DC

Howard Stern

Howard Stern

self

Ralph Greene Sr.

Ralph Greene Sr.

self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)

Maggie Floyd

Maggie Floyd

self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)

Dewey Hughes

Dewey Hughes

self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager

Roach Brown

Roach Brown

self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary

Frank Smith, Jr.

Frank Smith, Jr.

self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.

Clarence Greene

Clarence Greene

self - Petey Greene's brother

Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes

self - Artiste

Virginia Ali

Virginia Ali

self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl

Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis

Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis

self - President, Southeastern University

Sandra Butler

Sandra Butler

self - retired tv executive

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

self - archival footage

Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard

self - boxing legend

James Brown

James Brown

self - sportscaster

Alfred Liggins, III

Alfred Liggins, III

self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One

Petra Greene

Petra Greene

self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)

Ralph Waldo Greene, III

Ralph Waldo Greene, III

self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)

Sister Claudette Muhammad

Sister Claudette Muhammad

self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam

Madeline Petty

Madeline Petty

self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing

Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile

self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington

Dana Jones

Dana Jones

self - CEO, United Planning Organization

Midge Costanza

Midge Costanza

self - Special Assistant to President Carter

Crew

Loren Mendell

Loren Mendell

Writer

Loren Mendell

Loren Mendell

Director

Bob DeMars

Bob DeMars

Producer

Terence Greene

Terence Greene

Producer

Loren Mendell

Loren Mendell

Producer