Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993)

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"Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America" is a 1993 documentary that traces the cultural humor of African-Americans dating back to the minstrel shows in the early 1900s to the golden age of black comedies in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Yvonne Smith

Writer(s):

Yvonne Smith

Starring:

Steve Allen, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Louise Beavers, Bill Bellamy, Jack Benny, Sandra Bernhard, Willie Best, Donald Bogle, Charlie Callas, Godfrey Cambridge, Jim Carrey, Dick Cavett, Charles J. Correll, Bill Cosby, Tommy Davidson, Charles S. Dutton, Stepin Fetchit, Dusty Fletcher, Redd Foxx, Adele Givens, Whoopi Goldberg, Freeman F. Gosden, Dick Gregory, David Alan Grier, Eddie Griffin, Robin Harris, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, George Kirby, T.K. Kirkland, Martin Lawrence, Vivien Leigh, Joe Louis, Moms Mabley, Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, Hattie McDaniel, Adolphe Menjou, F.E. Miller, Norma Miller, Olivette Miller, Paul Mooney, Rudy Ray Moore, Tim Moore, Mantan Moreland, Eddie Murphy, Joe Namath, Jesse Owens, Jack Paar, Kelly Coffield Park, Joe Piscopo, Richard Pryor, Tamara Rawitt, Della Reese, Tim Reid, Jackie Robinson, Timmie Rogers, Will Rogers, Nipsey Russell, Sinbad, Barbara Stanwyck, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Alan Thicke, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Marsha Warfield, Damon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bert Williams, Flip Wilson

Producer(s):

Louise Gallop-Roholt, Mark Groubert, Lesli Klainberg, Ellen M. Krass, Richard Pryor, Yvonne Smith

Release Info:

Release Date: February 9, 1993 (USA) | Length: 90 min | Genre: Comedy, History | Certificate: TV-14 | Note(s): ???

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