- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 2016-06-02
- Director: Mickey Blaine
- Writers: Quincy Jones
- Language: English
- Stars: Quincy Jones
- Runtime: 53 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Quincy Jones: Burning the Light (United States of America) , Quincy Jones: Burning the Light , Quincy Jones: Na przekór losowi (Poland)
- Plot:
Quincy Jones was an aspiring L.A. stand-up comic, working the requisite barista job while at one point meeting a goal of doing 1,000 gigs in one year. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2015. He's undergoing chemotherapy and has a year to live, say doctors. A pair of comic friends (Nicole Blaine and her husband, Burning The Light director Mickey Blaine), knowing that Jones' final wish was to have his own hour-long stand-up special, set up a Kickstarter to raise the estimated $5,000 budget. After the story was picked up by Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, they raised 10 times that amount. DeGeneres helped Jones' special, Burning The Light, secure a spot on HBO. The widely seen clip of him getting the news is here, in case you want a good cry.
- IMDB:tt5630396
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