Tig Notaro Set to Host Closing Night Awards Ceremony
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Kristina Goolsby and Ashley York's Portrait of Comedian Tig Notaro
has World Premiere at 2015 Sundance Film Festival
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"Good evening, I have cancer," comedian Tig Notaro famously announced in 2012 during a set at a comedy club in Los Angeles. "Everyone having a good time? I have cancer." In just 30 minutes, Notaro used her grave prognosis to create revealed her grave prognosis with a disarming mixture of humor and vulnerability. Almost overnight, the set became a media sensation, helped by The set became a media sensation and critical smash overnight and, as Kristina Goolsby and Ashley York's new documentary reveals, helped push the beloved comedian past a series of devastating setbacks. Having just recovered from a life-threatening infection and still in mourning over her mother's sudden passing, Notaro's subsequent discovery of bilateral breast cancer left her no choice but to turn profound pain into an ongoing punch line, both on and off the stage. The result is an alternately poignant and playful window into a comedian's process turning her worst fears and anxieties into pure comic gold. Acquisition title: Cinetic. 90m. |
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
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Monday, Jan. 26, 5:30pm, MARC P&I - Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11:30am, Holiday Village 4 Tuesday, Jan. 27, 7:00pm, Redstone 2 Wednesday, Jan. 28, 9:00pm, Yarrow Thursday, Jan. 29, 3:45pm, Broadway Centre Cinema 3 (SLC) Sunday, Feb. 1, 11:00am, Yarrow |
