Salaam Cinema

A travers le prisme de son inoubliable performance dans le rôle d'Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey s'interroge sur le sens de la vie, la réalité, son identité et sa carrière.

Michael Moore relate la suppression de 30 000 emplois dans les usines General Motors dans sa ville natale, Flint dans le Michigan, et leurs conséquences sur la population.

Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.

Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself.

What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, discuss and debate their craft.

An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.

In the world of stand-up comedy in South Africa, Trevor Noah uses his childhood experiences in a biracial family during apartheid to prepare for his first one-man show.

The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray's investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.

Un regard sur le travail de deux humoristes, Jerry Seinfeld et Orny Adams un nouveau venu moins connu, détaillant les efforts et la frustration derrière la mise en place d'un acte et d'une carrière réussis tout en vivant une vie sur la route.

Documentary about the making of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003).

Au cours de la deuxième saison de "In Living Color", Jim Carrey a commencé à préparer un spectacle de stand-up spéciale. Avant que la spéciale ne soit diffusée à Showtime, en novembre 1991, la mère de Jim est décédée. Jim a dédié "Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act" à la mémoire de Kathleen Carrey (alias "Mommsie"). Le spécial a été enregistré au Théâtre Passe Muraille devant un public en direct.

Déchaîné comme jamais, le comique Kevin Hart conquiert Philadelphie, ne faisant qu'une bouchée de la faune de banlieue, des shorts en jean et de l'éducation des enfants.

Un "documentaire" post-rupture des Sex Pistols plutôt incohérent, raconté du point de vue du manager des Pistols Malcolm McLaren, dont la position (discutable) est que les Sex Pistols en particulier et le punk rock en général étaient une arnaque élaborée perpétrée par lui dans l'ordre faire «un million de livres».

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

Pendant trois mois, Arthur Bradford a pu suivre les créateurs de Southpark, Trey Parker et Matt Stone. Le résultat de cette enquête, Six days to air.

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary.