Talk to Me - Nach einer wahren Begebenheit

Pimp my Radio! The true story of African-American radio DJ Ralph Waldo 'Petey' Greene, who became a cult figure of an entire generation in the sixties, in Kasi Lemmon's stylish biopic: Washington D.C. in the 60s. It is the era of James Brown, flower power and Petey Greene (Don Cheadle), who catapults himself from the prison cell behind the DJ booth of a radio station almost overnight with his cheeky mouth and the help of program director Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Racism, sex, drugs - Petey does not shy away from taboos and knows what the people on the street want to hear. As the self-proclaimed 'King of POP' (Piss Of People), he becomes the star of the station and an icon of the civil rights movement. Petey's meteoric rise, however, also has its downsides, and they take their toll.