Adjust Your Color—The Truth of Petey Greene...

Video:Adjust Your Color—The Truth of Petey Greene

Jun 10, 2011

 

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 on the journey to becoming a leading activist during some of our country's most turbulent years. Don Cheadle, who portrayed Petey in the feature Talk To Me, narrates this documentary featuring a face-off between Petey and an up-and-coming deejay named Howard Stern.

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