Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

Directed by

Richard Pryor

Genre

drama film, comedy film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Richard Pryor plays a famous comedian who has a near death experience after a tragic accident. The film shows him reflecting on his life from childhood through his rise to fame and his struggles with relationships and addiction.

introspectivebittersweetemotionalrawreflectivepersonalearnestdarkly comic

What happens

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling was Richard Pryor's first and only directorial effort, although he is credited as such on the screen version of his 1983 stand-up comedy concert film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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