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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)
Directed by Rachel Talbot
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.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Anne Beatts | Fanny Brice | Tovah Feldshuh | Fyvush Finkel | Garry Giddens | Judy Gold | Jackie Hoffman | Cory Kahaney | Jessica Kirson | Marilyn Suzanne Miller | Molly Picon | Gilda Radner | Joan Rivers | Martin Short | Rosie Shuster | Treva Silverman | Sophie Tucker | Kenneth Turan | Wendy Wasserstein | Alan Zweibel