Loren Mendell is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed, produced and shot projects for the PBS series FRONTLINE/WORLD, ABC, CBS, Showtime, Discovery, A&E, Bravo, and The History Channel. Ajust Your Color will premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens in February 2009.

ADJUST YOUR COLOR: THE TRUTH OF PETEY GREENE

Directed by Loren Mendell

Synopsis

America’s original shock-jock, Petey Greene, overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison time to “tell it like it is,” shocking and entertaining everyone from the ghetto to the White House. During an era of civil unrest in our nation’s capital, Petey used taboo words and ideas, forcing people to confront their own prejudices on his raw, uncensored TV and radio shows. His brash style unsettled the establishment as Petey battled the system and his own demons to become a leading activist in a turbulent era. Don Cheadle narrates this documentary, which features a face-off between Petey and an up-and-coming deejay named Howard Stern.

Adjust Your Color: The Truth Of Petey Greene
USA/2007/60min/DIGIBETA/COLOR
DIRECTOR: Loren Mendell
WRITER: Loren Mendell
PRODUCERS: Bob DeMars, Terence Greene, & Loren Mendell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Joe Fries, Jon Hagstrom, & Joey Rappa
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Loren Mendell & Nickolas Rossi
FEATURING: Marion Barry, Sugar Ray Leonard, Dewey Hughes, Chuck Brown, Roach Brown, Robert Hooks, Midge Costanza, & James Brown

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