Talk to Me is the true-life story of an ex-con turned radio activist who fought to stay on air during the civil rights movement. Don Cheadle plays Ralph “Petey” Greene, a prominent black DJ at a white owned radio station in Washington D.C. The film also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard. Kasi Lemmons directs from a script co-written with Rick Famuyiwa and Michael Genet.