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Directed by Robert Townsend Country USA, Japan Screenplay Quincy Newell, John Long | 7.1/10 IMDb Running time 82 minutes Initial release January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Jeff Clanagan, Richard Foos, Robert Townsend, Lydia Nicole Written by John Long, Quincy Newell Edited by Augusta Einarsdottir, Skip Robinson Directors Robert Townsend, Quincy Newell Distributed by Codeblack Films, Sony Music Producers Robert Townsend, Quincy Newell, Darryl 'D'Militant' Littleton, Angela Northington Cast Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Dave Chappelle, Katt Williams Similar Comedian, All Jokes Aside, The Comedians of Comedy, Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic, Mr Warmth: The Don | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy is a 2009 documentary film based on the book Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh, by Darryl J. Littleton.
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The film analyzes the history of comedy and how the television and film industries have stereotyped African Americans throughout a multitude of generations. Quincy Newell, Executive Vice-President of Codeblack Entertainment, was the producer and co-writer with John Long on the project. The documentary was a selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and eventually acquired by Showtime. Newell himself has stated “the intent of the film is to spark meaningful discourse.”
Cast
The film features commentary from black comedians including:
References
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA