Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

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Release date: June 16, 2007
Duration: 85 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)