Comedian-actress Rain Pryor headlines a comedy show before a screening of her autobiographical 鈥淭hat Daughter鈥檚 Crazy鈥� film Thursday at the Carnegie in Covington.
The daughter of the late Richard Pryor also will talk about the film and answer questions from the audience with producer Daryl Sledge after the screening.
Before the film at 7:30 p.m., Cincinnati area comics will perform, says Kat Steele, director of the Cincinnati Film Festival, which organized the event. Scheduled to perform are Ally Bruener, Kelly Collette, Teri Foltz, Kristen Lundberg and Ky Platt.
, 46, broke into TV in ABC's 鈥淗ead of the Class鈥� (1988-91), a classroom comedy with Howard Hesseman as the teacher. She also was a regular on Showtime鈥檚 鈥淩ude Awakening鈥� with Lynn Redgrave, Sherilyn Fenn and Mario Van Peebles.
鈥淭hat Daughter鈥檚 Crazy鈥� draws from Pryor鈥檚 one-woman stage show about growing up as the black Jewish daughter of Richard Pryor,鈥� the influential and controversial comedian-actor who died in 2005 at age 65.
鈥淩ain grew up during an era when race, ethnicity and religion caused her constant internal and external conflict,鈥� says the Cincinnati Film Festival media release. The documentary looks at 鈥渉er vibrant and complicated life as a black Jewish girl, looking for self-identity and recognition in Hollywood, and as a woman coming to terms with the loss of her father, while learning to be a mother.鈥�
Tickets for the comedy show and screening at The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd, Covington, are available online from . Admission for both is $20. Tickets for only the comedy concert are $15 each; tickets for only the screening are $12 each.
