Independent Lens · SEASON 18
The Last Laugh
Episode 14 · 2017-04-24
- Documentary
Episode overview
The Holocaust would seem to be an absolutely off-limits topic for comedy — but is it? History shows that even the victims of the Nazi concentration camps used humor as a means of survival and resistance. The Last Laugh weaves together stories from Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone and interviews with influential comedians from Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, and Gilbert Gottfried.
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Best of Enemies2016-10-02
2. Meet the Patels2016-12-26
3. Best and Most Beautiful Things2017-01-02
4. Containment2017-01-09
5. What Was Ours2017-01-16
6. The Witness2017-01-23
7. Birth of a Movement2017-02-06
8. Accidental Courtesy2017-02-13
9. TOWER2017-02-14
10. The Bad Kids2017-03-20
11. Ovarian Psycos2017-03-27
12. Newtown2017-04-03
13. SEED: The Untold Story2017-04-17
14. The Last Laugh2017-04-24
15. National Bird2017-05-01
16. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes2017-05-08
17. Forever Pure2017-05-15
18. They Call Us Monsters2017-05-22
19. Farmer/Veteran2017-05-29
20. Real Boy2017-06-19
