little richard.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: August 6, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: MOIRA PETTY

RICHARD E. GRANT's debut as a director is a brave journey into his African childhood, exploring his parents' alcoholism and adultery. He tells MOIRA PETTY why he had to relive a past in which his father tried to kill him

A young boy wakes up on the back seat of a car and witnesses a scene that will haunt him forever. His mother reaches over and caresses the driver, his father's best friend. The 11-year-old knows this is taboo and shuts his...

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