RICHARD PRYOR FILM FESTIVAL
August 13 & 20, 2022
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Giant Screen Theater
In partnership with The George Washington Carver Community Center, celebrating 100 years! Did you know? Legendary comedian & Peoria native Richard Pryor got his start in comedy at The Carver Center! See the films that made Pryor famous on Illinois' Largest Movie Screen, the way they were meant to be seen!
All proceeds of the Richard Pryor Film Festival benefit the George Washington Carver Community Center.
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HARLEM NIGHTS
AUG 13 | 8 PM | RATED R
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In the waning days of Prohibition, Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) and his adopted son, Quick (Eddie Murphy), run a speakeasy called Club Sugar Ray. When gangster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) learns that Sugar Ray's place is pulling in more money than his own establishment, the Pitty Pat Club, he pays corrupt cop Phil Cantone (Danny Aiello) to close Club Sugar Ray down. Quick doesn't exactly help the situation when he falls for Calhoune's gun moll, Miss Dominique La Rue (Jasmine Guy).
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NEXT UP!
JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING
AUG 20 | 4 PM | RATED R
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RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
Aug 20 | 8 PM | RATED R
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Download flyer (pdf) HERE
Tickets may also be purchased by calling 309.686.7000 or at the museum's front desk.
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Sponsored by Film Society.
Special thanks to AdCo for promotional assistance.