Dave Chappelle: This Time This Place

This documentary takes a deep dive into the series of live comedy shows mounted by Dave Chappelle in his adopted hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio during the summer of 2020. Literally performed in a field, the series of socially distant all star comedy shows featured many of Chappelle's famous friends from stand up, music and performance. Directed by Oscar award winning documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, this film is a moving look at Chappelle and friends as they navigate their way through Covid 19, what it means to create art in the face of global upheaval and the healing power that laughter can bring to a struggling community.

My husband and I flew to DC from AZ to go to the show. We had an entirely different experience than the other review from Capital One Arena. Instructions and what to expect we're very clear. We had our actual tickets that were sent to us and walked right in around 6:30p. The entire show was great and the documentary created a vast range of emotions from laughing to crying to literal heart-hurting memories to hopefulness . Dave is a true artist who articulated the experiences and emotions most everyone went through during this timeframe perfectly!!

To be able to see how he affected so many peoples' lives positively during such a sad time makes me respect him even more than I already did.

Once the film ended, Dave came out and spoke for a little bit and then introduced Erykah Badu & EU, both in which he interacted and jammed with both of them making it a very nice evening with plenty of Dave.

I will continue to support Dave Chappelle & can't wait to purchase the movie once out for everyone to see!

Saw this in DC. The problem is that it was was released AFTER the vaccine was released. I wanted to forget about Covid and the previous year! Reviewers mention how "uniting" the documentary is -- but people were getting vaccinated and things were slowly retuning to normal - so what do we need this for? Perhaps that's one reason that - in February 2023 - the documentary still has not been released to the general public.

It was entertaining enough, but nothing fantastic humor-wise. Dave came on stage after (not for very long) - and missed an opportunity to tell people "get the jab". Not his style maybe....

Attended a screening in Atlanta where we were treated to quite a show. Of course it in no way impacts the doc itself but it was a great time. My wife and I loved the whole experience. The film touches on what makes comedy (and human interaction) so important, but it also highlights some very real issues in a very emotional and touching way.

8 minutes and 46 seconds... really opened my eyes.

See it for yourself when it's eventually released. It's a joy, and absolutely a UNITING film.

Worth every minute to gain knowledge, wisdom, of what happens to survivors of Covid-19. Beating the odds, and still able to laugh through a lot of pain endured.