SAT, MAR 1 / 7 pm
THU, MAR 6 / 9 pm
SUN, MAR 9 / 2 pm
Directed by Alan Zweig
2013, Canada, 90 min
Back by popular demand, this insightful and often hilarious film by Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I Curmudgeon) surveys the history of Jewish comedy, from the early days of Borscht Belt
to the present, ultimately exploring not just ethnicity in the entertainment industry,
but also the entire unruly question of what it means to be Jewish. Featuring some of
America’s most successful and influential comics, including Elon Gold, Howie Mandel,
Shelly Berman, Jack Carter, Shecky Greene, David Steinberg and Super Dave Osborne.
PLAYS WITH
The History of Stand-Up Comedy / Directed by Neil McArthur, 2011, Canada, 6:36 min / The film is a mock recreation, in clay, of history’s greatest stand-up comics. It takes viewers to ancient Rome, medieval India, shogunate Japan and post-war France, to capture the greatest practitioners of the art in action.
