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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
I'll tell it to the hot, I'll tell it to the cold. I'll tell it to the young, I'll tell it to the old. I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin'. This is Petey Greene's Washington.
2008 | 60m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Loren Mendell |
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| Writer: | Loren Mendell |
| Staring: |
| Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 2008 |
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| Director: | Loren Mendell |
| Writer: | Loren Mendell |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Pelagius Film, Virgil Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 13, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Don Cheadle | Narrator (voice) |
| Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr. | self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage) |
| Robert Hooks | self - actor and producer |
| Chuck Brown | self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene |
| Marion Barry | self - former mayor of Washington, DC |
| Howard Stern | self |
| Ralph Greene Sr. | self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo) |
| Maggie Floyd | self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage) |
| Dewey Hughes | self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager |
| Roach Brown | self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary |
| Frank Smith, Jr. | self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C. |
| Clarence Greene | self - Petey Greene's brother |
| Ernie Barnes | self - Artiste |
| Virginia Ali | self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl |
| Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis | self - President, Southeastern University |
| Sandra Butler | self - retired tv executive |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | self - archival footage |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | self - boxing legend |
| James Brown | self - sportscaster |
| Alfred Liggins, III | self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One |
| Petra Greene | self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage) |
| Ralph Waldo Greene, III | self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage) |
| Sister Claudette Muhammad | self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam |
| Madeline Petty | self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing |
| Donna Brazile | self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington |
| Dana Jones | self - CEO, United Planning Organization |
| Midge Costanza | self - Special Assistant to President Carter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Loren Mendell | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Bob DeMars | Producer |
| Terence Greene | Producer |
| Loren Mendell | Producer |
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