Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Move, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Today, on the heels of Berry’s loss of life, comes the complete story behind one of America’s most long lasting and embattled symbols.

Put together as an oral history from the film’s producer, Stephanie Bennett, Johnny B. Poor combines interviews from your film’s participants, including its music director-Keith about Johnny B. Poor: Chuck Berry as well as the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock ‘N’ Roll Richards. These exclusive interviews and accounts paint a brilliant and multifaceted picture from the artist. Berry was simultaneously a witty, articulate genius, today widely regarded as the godfather of rock and roll; a shrewd businessman, who experienced no problems endlessly renegotiating contracts and refusing to execute until additional cash was gathered up; and also a convicted criminal, who in addition to serving amount of time in jail for transporting a across state lines for ‘immoral purposes’ had been accused of sexual assault and sued in civil courtroom for installing cameras in the restroom from the Southern Air, a restaurant he possessed in Wentzville, Missouri.