Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

Documentary

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

60 minutes
01/01/2008
8.4

Overview

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

Cast

Don Cheadle
Don CheadleNarrator (voice)
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)
Robert Hooks
Robert Hooksself - actor and producer
Chuck Brown
Chuck Brownself - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene
Marion Barry
Marion Barryself - former mayor of Washington, DC
Howard Stern
Howard Sternself
Ralph Greene Sr.
Ralph Greene Sr.self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)
Maggie Floyd
Maggie Floydself - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)
Dewey Hughes
Dewey Hughesself - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager
Roach Brown
Roach Brownself - 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 Greeneself - Petey Greene's brother
Ernie Barnes
Ernie Barnesself - Artiste
Virginia Ali
Virginia Aliself - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvisself - President, Southeastern University
Sandra Butler
Sandra Butlerself - retired tv executive
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.self - archival footage
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonardself - boxing legend
James Brown
James Brownself - sportscaster
Alfred Liggins, III
Alfred Liggins, IIIself - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One
Petra Greene
Petra Greeneself - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)
Ralph Waldo Greene, III
Ralph Waldo Greene, IIIself - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)
Sister Claudette Muhammad
Sister Claudette Muhammadself - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam
Madeline Petty
Madeline Pettyself - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazileself - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington
Dana Jones
Dana Jonesself - CEO, United Planning Organization
Midge Costanza
Midge Costanzaself - Special Assistant to President Carter