Movies: Paul Mooney

  • 1978
    The Buddy Holly Story

    The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

    The Buddy Holly Story

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    A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences ...

    The Buddy Holly Story
  • 2016
    Meet the Blacks

    Meet the Blacks (2016)

    Meet the Blacks

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    As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours....

    Meet the Blacks
  • 2001
    Call Me Claus

    Call Me Claus (2001)

    Call Me Claus

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    When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for....

    Call Me Claus
  • 2013
    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

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    Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds....

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
  • 2000
    Bamboozled

    Bamboozled (2000)

    Bamboozled

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    Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit....

    Bamboozled
  • 2009
    Good Hair

    Good Hair (2009)

    Good Hair

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    An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationsh...

    Good Hair
  • 1979
    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

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    Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California....

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
  • 1987
    Hollywood Shuffle

    Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

    Hollywood Shuffle

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    Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he ha...

    Hollywood Shuffle
  • 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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    Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Feat...

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • 1981
    Bustin' Loose

    Bustin' Loose (1981)

    Bustin' Loose

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    After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country....

    Bustin' Loose
  • 1977
    Which Way Is Up?

    Which Way Is Up? (1977)

    Which Way Is Up?

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    Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seek...

    Which Way Is Up?
  • 1972
    FTA

    FTA (1972)

    FTA

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    A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed ...

    FTA
  • 1986
    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

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    Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off int...

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
  • 1977
    The Richard Pryor Special?

    The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)

    The Richard Pryor Special?

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    Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments....

    The Richard Pryor Special?
  • 2007
    Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra

    Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra (2007)

    Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra

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    Few comedians can stir up controversy like the legendary Paul Mooney -- writer for Richard Pryor, creator of In Living Color's Homey the Clown and featured guest on Chappelle's Show. With his characteristic brutal honesty, Mooney passionately and hys...

    Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra
  • 2001
    The Old Settler

    The Old Settler (2001)

    The Old Settler

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    The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldl...

    The Old Settler
  • 1975
    Carter's Army

    Carter's Army (1975)

    Carter's Army

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    A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies' advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war....

    Carter's Army
  • 2006
    Homie Spumoni

    Homie Spumoni (2006)

    Homie Spumoni

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    All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is....

    Homie Spumoni
  • 2019
    I Am Richard Pryor

    I Am Richard Pryor (2019)

    I Am Richard Pryor

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    The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor....

    I Am Richard Pryor
  • 1994
    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady (1994)

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady

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    Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape. Childhood memories of her father, a doctor, and her mother, an artist, are warmly rendered in scenes of th...

    Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady