We are pleased to announce that LEAVE THEM LAUGHING will be screening at the Edmonton International Film Festival on Sunday, September 26 at 10:15 AM at Empire City Centre 9 – 10200 – 102 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta 3rd Floor, Edmonton City Centre. Attend if you can or send your friends. Festival screenings in Calgary and [...]
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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 “We’re here for a good time (not a long time)” is the awesome Trooper song that accompanies one of the most vibrant scenes of LEAVE THEM LAUGHING – and how appropriate it is! Grand Prizes: Spring has sprung.. We are proud to announce that Canada’s legendary band “Trooper” likes Leave Them Laughing and we love their music! Carla Zilbersmith, the hero of our film, had already rocked out to Trooper in high school. One of Trooper’s songs accompanies one of the film’s most beautiful, vibrant scenes. [...] Reason # 3 Reason # 2 Top 10 Reasons You Should Become A Fan of Leave Them Laughing(according to director John Zaritsky): Carla Zilbersmith, the star of the film, is the funniest person I’ve ever met. In the six weeks we’ve spent with her, she’s provided us with more laughs than anybody else. I guarantee that you’ll get at least l00 laughs [...] Welcome to the official “Leave Them Laughing” film’s website, ninety riveting minutes of songs about life, and quips about death, from the wheelchair of a woman who vows to exit the stage with a smile on her beautiful face. Read more about our film |
   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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