Session #412 - Dolemite is My Name

Name: Session #412 - Dolemite is My Name
Start: 2025-02-05T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-05T21:20:00-05:00
Location: Alamo Drafthouse DC Area (Ashburn)

Schedule

Wed Feb 05 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:20 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Alamo Drafthouse DC Area (Ashburn) | Ashburn, VA

Trailer:

Tickets: https://drafthouse.com/northern-virginia/event/film-club-dolemite-is-my-name
EDDIE MURPHY IS DYNAMITE AS FILM LEGEND RUDY RAY MOORE
There are few comedians who light up the screen like Eddie Murphy. His energy, rapid-fire delivery, and sneakily subversive material have been making audiences laugh for decades. And now, he’s back in a performance that festival audiences can’t stop raving about in the hilarious true story DOLEMITE IS MY NAME.
Murphy portrays Rudy Ray Moore, a floundering comedian who has an epiphany that transforms him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. With his new persona as cane-carrying pimp Dolemite, Moore takes his success to newer and newer levels, ultimately starring in one of the defining Blaxploitation films of the era.
With a star-studded cast including Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME is a hilarious portrait of a singular artist played by one of our most hilariously singular artists.