To learn more about the background of LEAVE THEM LAUGING, take a look at an interview from the Whistler Film Festival:
http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=3129
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It was great! I guess there were about 50 people in the audience, but the film was screened in one of the smaller theatres, so it felt quite crowded. Most people there were young, looked like students… and then a few mature women like me… and some couples. So I was a little worried that [...] For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.leavethemlaughingcalgary.com Some very good news: The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, has selected Leave Them Laughing as one of 10 films its readers should see at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Considering there are about 375 films screening at the festival, it’s quite an honour to be in the top 10. We are pleased to announce that LEAVE THEM LAUGHING will be screening at the Calgary International Film Festival on Sunday, September 26 at 12:30PM at the ‘Eau Claire Market – Cineplex Odeon – #2. Attend if you can. Otherwise, tell all your friends and please help us spread the word! http://www.calgaryfilm.com/2010/schedule/film/1432/ “Leave Them Laughing. It’s a documentary about a stand-up comic who’s dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.” I think I sighed. “But it’s supposed to be absolutely hilarious!” he quickly added. This, I knew, was a movie I absolutely did not want to see. Like a lot of people, I’ve had some medical miseries, and the last thing I wanted [...]
The 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival ended with a weekend full of awards presentations to the top films and film makers this year. Many of these awards come with cash prizes that help both seasoned and emerging filmmakers continue to create the work that moves us. Among the films honoured this year were [...] The Special Jury Prize – Canadian Feature was presented to Vancouver-based Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Zaritsky for LEAVE THEM LAUGHING (P: Montana Berg, Canada/USA), which follows mother, performer, and darkly funny smart-ass Carla Zilbersmith in her battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Jury statement: “The Special Jury Prize goes to a film about an unimaginably horrifying [...] Please join us for the World Premiere of LEAVE THEM LAUGHING in Toronto at Hot Docs (North America’s biggest international documentary film festival) followed by a reception (cash bar). Everyone is welcome! May 6 11:00pm – reception following screening |
 Once a nationally-known performer of ballads, skits and self-parody, now fated by Lou Gehrig’s Disease to perish within months, the remarkable Carla Zilbersmith was diagnosed in 2007 and given less than four years to live. She will leave a teen-aged son, a few fans and students who adore her, and this 90-minute pre-mortem retrospective of a life lived fully, but far too fast. »More about "Leave Them Laughing"
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