Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (movie)

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (movie)

  • Production country: US
  • Producer: Rachel Talbot
  • Genre: Documentary, Comedy
  • Release date: 6/16/2007
  • Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

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.

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Anne Beatts

Anne Beatts

Role(s): Self

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Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Role(s): Self

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Fyvush Finkel

Fyvush Finkel

Role(s): Self

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Garry Giddens

Garry Giddens

Role(s): Self

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