Directed by:
Robert TownsendScreenplay:
Quincy NewellCast:
Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, Topper Carew, Bill Cosby, Tommy Davidson, Dick Gregory, Eddie Griffin, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Faizon Love, Kel Mitchell, Mo'Nique, Charlie Murphy, Reynaldo Rey (more)Plots(1)
Why We Laugh features performances, insights and interviews from some of the most celebrated and outspoken comedians of our time, including Dave Chappelle, Whoopi Goldberg, Katt Williams, Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, Robin Harris, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, Redd Foxx and more. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Angela Bassett
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Soul (2020)
Contact (1997)
Bill Bellamy
USA
Best movies:
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Who's the Man? (1993)
Neverwas (2005)
Topper Carew
USA
Bill Cosby
USA
Best movies:
Let's Do It Again (1975)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Tommy Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Black Dynamite (2009)
Bamboozled (2000)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Dick Gregory
USA
Best movies:
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Panther (1995)
The Hot Chick (2002)
Eddie Griffin
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
A Star Is Born (2018)
Armageddon (1998)
Steve Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Think Like a Man (2012)
You Got Served (2004)
Racing Stripes (2005)
D.L. Hughley
USA
Best movies:
Robots (2005)
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
The Brothers (2001)
Faizon Love
Cuba
Best movies:
The Replacements (2000)
The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
Life as We Know It (2010)
Kel Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Honeydripper (2007)
Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
Mystery Men (1999)
Charlie Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Reynaldo Rey
USA
Best movies:
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Far Out Man (1990)
Friday (1995)
Chris Rock
USA
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Sherri Shepherd
USA
Best movies:
Brian Banks (2018)
Precious (2009)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Robert Townsend
USA
Best movies:
American Flyers (1985)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Cooley High (1975)
George Wallace
USA
Best movies:
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Damon Wayans
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Punchline (1988)
Keenen Ivory Wayans
USA
Best movies:
Scary Movie (2000)
Star 80 (1983)
The Glimmer Man (1996)