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A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Yasiin Bey
- Self
- (as Mos Def)
Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis
- Self - The Fugees
- (as Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis)
Fred Hampton Jr.
- Self
- (as Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDave Chappelle funded this project with his own money.
- GoofsDave Chappelle's main reason for holding the block party in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn was because, he says, that hip-hop originated there. However, hip-hop really originated in the South Bronx and spread to the other sections of New York soon afterward.
- Quotes
Dave Chappelle: [playing bongos in front of a crowd] 5,000 black people chillin' in the rain. 19 white people peppered in the crowd. Trying to find a Mexican.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Inside the Actors Studio: Dave Chappelle (2006)
- SoundtracksOvernight Celebrity
Written by Miri Ben-Ari, Michael Bennett, Twista (as Carl Terrell Mitchell),
Ye (as Kanye Omari West), Leonard C. Williams
Performed by The Brooklyn Steppers
Featured review
Entertaining and thoughtful
Saw "Block Party" at the Toronto Film Festival as a work-in-progress. You will laugh until your stomach hurts watching this film. Chappell's comedy provides the balance this film needs to serve as an entertaining reflection of the segregation and urban neglect the exists in America today. This message exists as the subtext, and sometimes bluntly, in the humour, interviews, and the music.
Michel Gondry did an amazing job capturing some rather beautiful images. In one shot, it lasted for only a few seconds, a beautiful young woman rocks out to Mos Def while perched on her boyfriend's shoulders.
Whether or not you're a fan of the music, it's hard not to be totally engrossed by this film. Plus Dave Chappell's in it!
Michel Gondry did an amazing job capturing some rather beautiful images. In one shot, it lasted for only a few seconds, a beautiful young woman rocks out to Mos Def while perched on her boyfriend's shoulders.
Whether or not you're a fan of the music, it's hard not to be totally engrossed by this film. Plus Dave Chappell's in it!
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- karthig
- Sep 12, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Block Party
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,718,595
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,516,000
- Mar 5, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $12,051,924
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) officially released in Canada in English?
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