When Jews Were Funny(Movie, 2013)

Name: When Jews Were Funny
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Duration: T01:29:00
Rating: 3.3

1h 29min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

When Jews Were Funny is a 2013 Canadian documentary comedy film, directed by Alan Zweig. It was produced by Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman for Sudden Storm Entertainment. The film features two dozen interviews with a variety of Jewish comedy professionals in North America and explores the role of Jewish humour in the context of North American comedy. The filmmaker asks whether earlier generations of Jews were funnier than the present generation and, if so, why. The film becomes more personal as its focus shifts to the filmmaker's desire to reconnect with a culture that has changed. The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on 10 September. It won TIFF's award for the best Canadian feature film and was named on TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list. The film had a limited theatrical release on 15 November 2013. ()

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Awards & Nominations for When Jews Were Funny

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

About When Jews Were Funny

From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish. Jews came to dominate the world of western‐society comedy on radio, stage and screen alike.Why did Jews dominate comedy in this period? And why did that domination end? Were Jews just funnier back then? And if so, did that extend to your average Jew on the street? In this 90 minute documentary acclaimed director Alan Zweig will examine these questions and many others in this exploration of 20th century humour, cultural decay, and a search for a missing heritage.

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Additional Information

Production country: Canada

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Hebrew (HE)

Status: Released

Release date GB: 11/14/2013

Director: Alan Zweig

Screenwriter: Alan Zweig

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When Jews Were Funny(Movie, 2013)

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