Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

The read

It runs a compact 1h 25m.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

Key crew

• Rachel TalbotDirector

Cast

• Anne BeattsSelf
• Fanny BriceSelf (archive footage)
• Tovah FeldshuhSelf
• Fyvush FinkelSelf
• Garry GiddensSelf
• Judy GoldSelf
• Jackie HoffmanSelf
• Cory KahaneySelf
• Jessica KirsonSelf
• Marilyn Suzanne MillerSelf
• Molly PiconSelf (archive footage)
• Gilda RadnerSelf (archive footage)