Ricky Powell: The Individualist

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Steve F @RT19918980 Jan 4, 2025 An unbelievably special film. They don't make docs like this - with this much heart and soul - and Ricky is just a triumph of a character. An absolute gem of an artist who embodied a bygone era in New York City. This film, this character just drips with NYC. An absolute must watch. See more NJ Advanced Media T @RT76714639 Jan 3, 2025 Just an incredibly entertaining, energetic, and well done doc. One of the best to come out in several years. It feels like a pastiche of New York City through the 70's 80's and 90's. An all time great character and film. See more Feb 2, 2022 A beautifully made film about a gifted artist and unique, "only in New York" character. As someone who lived there in the eighties, it was a joy to return to that era, but you don't need to have lived through those times in NYC to appreciate this movie and the explosion of creativity it captures. See more brad c @bradchatellier Dec 17, 2021 If you are a fan of the early days of east coast hip hop — Run•DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, then RUN don't walk, and watch this. And if you're not, watch it anyway. You just might become one... See more susan j @CallMeLulu Dec 14, 2021 Superb film. Ricky Powell was a true true artist, for better and for worse. Probably 1/2 of the greatest artists throughout the ages were not unlike him in terms of not being self-conscious about his work, and not knowing how or wanting or being able to "commodify" himself and get rich (or even stable) off his work. He was pure--and he was a mess. And his work is iconic. The film ends abruptly. I wish I knew a bit more about how Ricky fared at the end--the film intimates he was clean, sober, happy, and successful--but I'm not sure whether that was so or a whitewash to tie everything in a nice bow, or some combination therein. I wish I knew what happened to his mother. I wish I knew what happened to their relationship. I wish I knew whether he had a Last Will & Testament and whether the guy Tono who helped pulled his life, apartment, and work together and get his book published inherited everything, or whether he is still around, etc. So---5 stars for what is there and how it was presented--and dinged 1/2 * for what was not there. See more Read all reviews

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