In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a ...
André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...
The wide-ranging Metrograph series “Lives of Performers” includes the unusual and self-scourging drama “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling,” from 1986, the only dramatic feature directed by Richard ...