Leave Them Laughing
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Leave Them Laughing: A Musical Comedy About Dying is a 2010 documentary film
directed by Academy-Award-winning director John Zaritsky. It follows the life of singer and comedian
Carla Zilber-Smith, after she is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease
, as she blogs and jokes her way through a disease that spells a certain death sentence. The film premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on May 6, 2010, winning the Special Jury Prize for best Canadian Documentary. It is nominated for Best Documentary in the 31st annual Genie Awards.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Academy-Award-winning director John Zaritsky. It follows the life of singer and comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Carla Zilber-Smith, after she is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease
ALS
ALS refers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's diseaseIt may also refer to:-Medicine:* Advanced life support, a level of medical training* Anterolateral system, part of the nervous system...
, as she blogs and jokes her way through a disease that spells a certain death sentence. The film premiered at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on May 6, 2010, winning the Special Jury Prize for best Canadian Documentary. It is nominated for Best Documentary in the 31st annual Genie Awards.