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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 total
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
For someone like me who didn't watch much of Dave Chappelle or who isn't big into the hip-hop music, I was actually pleased with this. Maybe it's with the help of Michel Gondry, who I read/seen on TV say that he wanted to humanize the whole experience, both of the artists and the audience. That he did as I was completely moved and knew if I had been there, I would've felt the spiritual connection with the audience that I'm sure those there felt.
I think it was definitely worth the near 10 bucks. A fair amount of good rap/hip-hop music (dude, I was even bobbing my head), a fair amount of interviews, a fair amount of comedy, and a fair amount of social commentary. This movie provides a face for the reason why hip-hop is relevant to our culture. And, I seriously give mad props to Dave for getting GOOD rap acts for his party.
Ultimately, I think it's actually better going in not knowing what to expect from it as well.
I think it was definitely worth the near 10 bucks. A fair amount of good rap/hip-hop music (dude, I was even bobbing my head), a fair amount of interviews, a fair amount of comedy, and a fair amount of social commentary. This movie provides a face for the reason why hip-hop is relevant to our culture. And, I seriously give mad props to Dave for getting GOOD rap acts for his party.
Ultimately, I think it's actually better going in not knowing what to expect from it as well.
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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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