Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

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.

Cast

Anne Beatts

Self

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage)

Tovah Feldshuh

Self

Fyvush Finkel

Self

Garry Giddens

Self

Judy Gold

Self

Jackie Hoffman

Self

Cory Kahaney

Self

Jessica Kirson

Self

Marilyn Suzanne Miller

Self