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Saturday, November 3, 2018
Short & Documentary Film Presentation: 12:30 PM
STEVEN SPIELBERG Theatre, Egyptian Theatre
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THE GIRL IN THE SHOW

109 min (USA, 2017), West Coast Premiere

Director: Anna Fields
Producer: Rebel Debutante Productions
Cast: Sara Benincasa , Janine Brito , Judy Carter, Mo Collins, Charlene Conley, Ayanna Dookie, Amey Goerlich, Wendy Hammers, Abbi Jacobson, Laurie Kilmartin, Rachel LaForce, Lori Landay, Mary Mack, Bonnie McFarlane, Aparna Nancherla, Brandie Posey, Susan Rice, Rosie Shuster, Eliza Skinner, Angelina Spicer, Janet Varney, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, Tina Fey, Ilana Glazer, Leslie Jones, Madeline Kahn, Joanna Lumley, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Tyler Moore, Amy Poehler, Paula Poundstone, Gilda Radner, Joan Rivers, Jennifer Saunders, Wanda Sykes, Marlo Thomas, Vivian Vance.

From an award-winning filmmaker, a poignant retrospective of comediennes, exploring the ways in which women’s comedy and women’s liberation have evolved together. With powerhouses like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer dominating the entertainment landscape and with memoirs from today’s most vocal feminist comedians shooting up the bestseller lists, women in comedy have never been more influential. Marking this cultural shift, The Girl in the Show explores how comedy and feminism have grown hand in hand to give women a stronger voice in the ongoing fight for equality. From I Love Lucy to SNL to today’s rising cable and web series stars, Anna Fields’s entertaining, thoughtful, and candid retrospective combines personal narratives with the historical, political, and cultural contexts of the feminist movement. With interview subjects such as Abbi Jacobson, Molly Shannon, Mo Collins, and Lizz Winstead—as well as actresses, stand-up comics, writers, producers, and female comedy troupes—Fields shares true stories of wit and heroism from some of our most treasured (and underrepresented) artists. Creating a blueprint for the feminist comedians of tomorrow using lessons of the past, The Girl in the Show Encourages audiences to revel in—and rebel against—our collective ideas of “women’s comedy.”

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