Leave Them Laughing (2010)
- Directed by
- John Zaritsky
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A comedian with Lou Gehrig's disease uses humor to face her terminal diagnosis. The film follows her as she blogs and performs, finding laughter in the midst of dying.
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What happens
Leave Them Laughing: A Musical Comedy About Dying is a 2010 documentary film directed by Academy-Award-winning director John Zaritsky. It follows the life of singer and comedian Carla Zilber-Smith, after she is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, as she blogs and jokes her way through a disease that carries a certain death sentence. The film premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on May 6, 2010, winning the Special Jury Prize for best Canadian Documentary. It was nominated for Best Documentary at the 31st Genie Awards.Cole, Yolande (March 2, 2011). "Western Canadian nominees for Genie Awards honoured at Vancouver reception". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 2, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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