(0 votes, average: 0.00/10)- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Documentary
- Release: 2009-01-01
- Director: Robert Townsend
- Writers: John Long , Quincy Newell
- Language: English
- Stars: Angela Bassett
- Runtime: 95 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (United States of America) , Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
- Plot: An off-screen narration, four dozen talking heads, and clips of performances tell a chronological story about Black comedy: who has made us laugh since 1901, what is the nature of their humor, and what social and political contexts inform it. We look at minstrels, Stepin Fetchit, "Amos 'n Andy," "Beulah," Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, "The Cosby Show," Chris Rock, Whoopi, "Hollywood Shuffle," entrepreneurship and Black comedy clubs, Robert Harris, urban street culture and "In Living Color," the rise of the Fox network, Def Comedy Jam, and the Original Kings of Comedy. The film asserts Black comedy helps America change.
- IMDB:tt1124061
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Robert Townsend
Director
Franklyn Ajaye
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Angela Bassett
Narrator (voice)
Bill Bellamy
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Todd Boyd
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Jeff Clanagan
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Bill Cosby
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Stanley Crouch
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Elijah Cummings
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Tommy Davidson
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Michael Eric Dyson
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Walter Fauntroy
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Shang Forbes
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Marla Gibbs
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Louis Gossett Jr.
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Dick Gregory
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Eddie Griffin
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Steve Harvey
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D.L. Hughley
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Sheila Jackson Lee
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Faizon Love
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Kweisi Mfume
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Kel Mitchell
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Mo’Nique
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Paul Mooney
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Garrett Morris
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