What was the title of Richard Pryor’s 1979 concert film widely regarded as a landmark stand-up movie?

Richard Pryor’s landmark 1979 concert film was titled Richard Pryor: Live in Concert.

The film captures Pryor performing before a live audience and is celebrated for preserving his intensely personal, autobiographical style. He addressed race, family, addiction, relationships, fear, and vulnerability with a level of directness that influenced generations of later comedians. Rather than presenting a fictional story, the movie functions as a filmed stand-up performance.

The title is often confused with Pryor’s 1983 film Here and Now, another concert-performance movie. The two releases are separate, with Live in Concert arriving earlier. Pryor’s film work also included narrative comedies such as Bustin’ Loose and The Toy, but those are not stand-up concert films. This distinction makes the 1979 title the specific answer for the landmark performance movie.