It Started As a Joke

2019· 76 min★ 7.1· Documentary, Comedy

This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.

Cast: Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, Mike Birbiglia

Director: Julie Smith Clem, Ken Druckerman