Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
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.
60 mins
Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene.
Marion Barry
self - former mayor of Washington, DC
Ralph Greene Sr.
self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)
Maggie Floyd
self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)
Dewey Hughes
self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager
Roach Brown
self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary
Frank Smith, Jr.
self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.
Clarence Greene
self - Petey Greene's brother
Ernie Barnes
self - Artiste
Virginia Ali
self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis
self - President, Southeastern University
Sandra Butler
self - retired tv executive
Alfred Liggins, III
self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One
Petra Greene
self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)
Ralph Waldo Greene, III
self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)
Sister Claudette Muhammad
self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam
Madeline Petty
self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing
Dana Jones
self - CEO, United Planning Organization
Loren Mendell
Writer
Loren Mendell
Director
Bob DeMars
Producer
Terence Greene
Producer
Loren Mendell
Producer