Richard Pryor: Icon

The documentary takes up the work of Richard Pryor. Pryor is one of the important names in American stage comedy. The film first tells of his beginnings. In the early years his stage language was more restrained. Then he moves into a language of his own. What he talks about includes race, poverty and his own life. The documentary looks at his childhood as well. He had grown up in hard surroundings. In later years he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Archive footage is used in the film. Pryor’s own words carry the spine of the account. Tracy Morgan, George López and Louie Anderson speak in the interviews. They describe his influence through their own work. Jodi Flynn directed the fifty six minute documentary. The American production was finished in 2014.