Byline: Daniel Neman

Aug. 3--In making a movie about a local disc jockey with no national following who died more than 20 years ago, filmmakers first must clear one all-important hurdle: They must convince us that their subject is worthy of our interest.

In the case of "Talk to Me," the subject is Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr., who was on the air in Washington beginning in the late'60s. And he is well worth it.

Greene was a mouthy ex-con who got his start on the public-address system at the former Lorton Prison and talked his way onto the air at a small station in Washington. There, he fast earned a reputation for his unfettered opinions about race relations, the ...

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