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Directed by Academy Award-Winning Director, John Zaritsky

World Premiere at Hot Docs
May 6 - Isabel Bader - 9:15pm - 93 Charles St. W.
May 8 - The Bloor - 3:15pm - 506 Bloor St., W.

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When comedians get laughs, they are said to have "killed." When they don't, they've "died."
In John Zaritsky's Leave Them Laughing, a California-based Canadian comic faces her death as she lived her life, "killing" audiences across the planet.

An accomplished singer, songwriter, musical comedian and parodist, Carla Zilbersmith is given the ultimate bad news. Diagnosed in 2007 with Lou Gehrig's Disease and given less than four years to live, she will leave a teenaged son, fans and adoring students. Leave Them Laughing is a 90-minute "pre-mortem" of a life lived fully, but far too fast. From her wheelchair, Carla vows to exit the stage with songs about life, quips about death, and a smile on her face.

World Premiere tickets available at www.hotdocs.ca, by phone 416-637-5150 or at the Hot Docs documentary Box Office at

55 Avenue Road, Hazelton Lanes - Lower Level (2 Blocks North of Bloor Street West)