Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women 2007
Overview
A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
Director: Rachel Talbot
Cast
Anne Beatts
Self
Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)
Tovah Feldshuh
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Fyvush Finkel
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Garry Giddens
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Judy Gold
Self
Jackie Hoffman
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Cory Kahaney
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Jessica Kirson
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Marilyn Suzanne Miller
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