About the film
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 carries 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 was nominated for Best Documentary at the 31st Genie Awards.Cole, Yolande. "Western Canadian nominees for Genie Awards honoured at Vancouver reception". The Georgia Straight.
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