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TITLE: Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2009
LIBRARY: Lionsgate
DIRECTOR: Robert Townsend
PRODUCER(S): Darryl 'D'Militant' Littleton, Quincy Newell, Lydia Nicole, Angela Northington, Dana Riddick, Robert Townsend
COMPOSER:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124061
IMDB SCORE:  7.1
TALENT: Angela Bassett, Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, George Wallace
GENRE: Comedy, Documentary, Franchise Films, Stand-Up Comedy
ERA: 2000s
ICONIC TITLE: no
FILENAME: lg-whywelaughb-023
DURATION: 00:03:33:00
TIME IN: 01:12:05:00