Little Richard (film) in London in 1962. The cast includes Leon as Little Richard Penniman, Jenifer Lewis as Richard's mother Leva Mae, or as she's listed in the movie credits, Muh Penniman, Carl Lumbly as Richard's stern father, Charles "Bud" Penniman, Tamala Jones as Richard's girlfriend Lucille (actually Audrey Robinson), Garrett Morris as Richard's preacher Carl Rainey and Mel Jackson as legendary producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. For his role as Penniman, Leon earned nominations for Best Actor in the Black Reel Awards and the NAACP Image Awards. Little Richard (film) Little Richard is a 2000 biographical NBC television film written by Bill Kerby
Nick Penniman could be no more important or timely book"; New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who referred to it in one of his pieces as an "eye-opening new book about money in politics"; former Republican Senator Alan Simpson; Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders; among many others. Penniman has appeared on and been featured by media outlets, including The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times,The New York Times, NPR, MSNBC and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Penniman has served on multiple nonprofit boards and advisory boards, including the Homeless Empowerment Project, which publishes Spare Change News, the Center for Responsive Politics and