On June 19th, one of the greatest comic voices of all-time, Dave Chappelle, will close out this year’s Tribeca Film Festival by world-premiering his documentary at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. Chappelle teamed up with Academy Award – winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, who also happen to be his neighbors, to create the currently-untitled documentary. The 90-minute film focuses on a series of comedy shows that Chappelle performed in his neighbor’s cornfield to help energize his small Ohio town in the wake of the pandemic and rising emotions over social injustice.
“Premiering our film at Tribeca and closing out the festival at Radio City Music Hall is a big honor,” said Chappelle. “Our film is about courage and resilience, something New Yorkers can relate to.”
Fueled by the murder of George Floyd, shut-in by the closures of business and unable to perform around the country, the movie follows Chappelle as he provides the community he calls home with two things desperately needed in difficult times – economic and comic relief. What began as an experimental socially-distanced live comedy show in a neighbor’s cornfield, grew into an unforgettable summer with his neighbors, friends and fellow comedians. Ultimately, Chappelle’s cornfield concerts would serve as a model of courage not just for his community, but for the entire live entertainment industry.
The 20th annual Tribeca Film Festival will be held June 9 through June 20. The festival will be holding in person screening for those who are comfortable to attend, while still providing the option to screen virtually at home. As a festival first, Tribeca will host community screenings in outdoor and indoor settings throughout all five boroughs in New York City. For more information on the festival, visit here.
Chappelle released the special 8:46 in June of last year which was his response to the murder of George Floyd which was also a collaboration between himself and Reichert and Bognar. In November of 2020, Chapelle release Unforgiven, which chronicled his years long battle to gain creative rights to his wildly popular sketch series Chappelle’s Show from Comedy Central. His special Redemption song followed in February of 2021, where Chappelle celebrated the return of Chappelle’s Show on Netflix dues to fans boycotting streamers who continued to stream the show against the comedians wishes. All three specials can be viewed on Chappelle’s Instagram page.
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