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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a film of genre Drama directed by Richard Pryor released in USA on 2 may 1986 with Debbie Allen

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
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Released in USA 2 may 1986
Length 1h37
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating62% 3.148693.148693.148693.148693.14869

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 semi-autobiographical film starring Richard Pryor. This was the first and only feature film he directed (although he is credited as such on the screen version of Richard Pryor: Here and Now).

Synopsis

Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. The film came out after Pryor had set himself on fire in an attempted suicide.

Actors

Debbie Allen

(Michelle)
Michael Ironside

(Detective Lawrence)
Richard Pryor

(Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego)
Art Evans

(Arturo)
Carmen McRae

(Grandmother)
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