Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
2007-06-16 | 85 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Fanny BriceSelf (archive footage)
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Tovah FeldshuhSelf
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Fyvush FinkelSelf
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Judy GoldSelf
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Jackie HoffmanSelf
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Jessica KirsonSelf
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Molly PiconSelf (archive footage)
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Gilda RadnerSelf (archive footage)
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Joan RiversSelf
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Martin ShortSelf
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Sophie TuckerSelf (archive footage)
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Wendy WassersteinSelf
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Alan ZweibelSelf
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