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DVD Review: “Talk To Me”

October 15, 2007February 6, 2020 Jennifer Merin biopic, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle, kasi lemmons, Petey greene, talk to me

“Talk to Me is a biopic about real life Washington DC-based radio DJ and talk show host Ralph ‘Petey’ Greene (played by Don Cheadle) who ruled the airways during the turbulent 1960s. It was a time of protest and social unrest. When Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, the citys furious and frustrated black population broke into riots and widespread looting. It was Greens no nonsense talk–often rife with his own rage–that actually restored order to the city.

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Kasi Lemmons talks “Talk To Me” with Jennifer Merin

July 5, 2007August 23, 2019 Jennifer Merin biopics, Don Cheadle, kasi lemmons, Petey greene, talk to me

Talk to Me is based on the life story of Petey Greene (Don Cheadle), a streetwise ex-con who hustled his way into a DJ gig at a DC radio station, and quickly became the influential tell-it-like-it-is voice of the black community during the 1960s, especially when riots erupted following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Director Kasi Lemmons, just a child when Dr. King was killed, was profoundly effected by the event.