Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2008 · 60 mins · English

Directed by

Loren Mendell

Starring

Don Cheadle, James Brown, Robert Hooks, Howard Stern, Martin Luther King Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard

I’ll tell it to the hot, I’ll tell it to the cold… This is Petey Greene’s Washington. Actor Don Cheadle narrates the documentary about Ralph “Petey” Greene, the groundbreaking Washington, D.C. radio personality who became America’s first shock‑jock. The film follows his rise from street hustler to influential voice, highlighting his candid style and lasting impact on media and civil‑rights discourse.