He would have definitely felt that we have gone in the opposite direction," says Rain Pryor of her father, legendary comedian Richard Pryor ... he set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine.

Pryor, on fire, raced out onto the sidewalk in front ... “All I know is that I very badly want Richard Pryor to live.” Pryor recovered, of course, only to learn soon after he had multiple ...

“Richard Pryor’s first concert film shot live on ... Nothing is off limits, as Pryor even goes into how he caught on fire ...

That's why he returned three times to the medium of the concert film. It was one thing to listen to a Richard Pryor on a turntable--as many did in clouds of weed smoke in basements during the ...