Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women (2007)

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

Self
A Anne Beatts
Self (archive footage)
Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)
Molly Picon
Self (archive footage)
Gilda Radner
Self
Joan Rivers
Self
Martin Short
Self
R Rosie Shuster
Self
T Treva Silverman
Self (archive footage)
Sophie Tucker
Self
K Kenneth Turan
Self
Wendy Wasserstein
Self
Alan Zweibel
Self
Tovah Feldshuh
Self
Fyvush Finkel
Self
G Garry Giddens
Self
Judy Gold
Self
Jackie Hoffman
Self
C Cory Kahaney
Self
Jessica Kirson
Self
M Marilyn Suzanne Miller

Crew

Director
R Rachel Talbot
Executive Producer
G Gail Twersky Reimer
Producer
R Rachel Talbot
Editor
P Philip Shane
Music
Joel Goodman