Do comedians make documentaries

Comedians appear to be the supermodels of the millennium. They're hosting radio shows, presenting the headlines and even winning seats in Congress. Recently, some comedians have even wandered to the realm of documentary production. And I don't mean documentaries about themselves working as comedians. They're producing documentaries tackling serious subjects.

Alex Jones Bill Hicks soon to be released Good Hair, takes a review of black women's pursuit of straight, long hair and the internationally multi-billion-dollar industry that supports it. The movie will hit theaters in about per week nevertheless the trailer has created a national discussion about African-American hair. At the very least, the topic matter is both touchy and niche specific - two adjectives that will often keep films from being made. Family motivated him to really make the documentary when she called a friend's hair "good." As a black American with natural hair, I can just only hope his documentary is eye-opening and insightful and doesn't just go for the cheap laugh.

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In 2008, Bill Maher produced Religious, a documentary starring himself traveling around the globe asking people about their religious views in an effort to understand why people rely on a greater power. He clearly had an agenda: prove through comedy that folks who rely on God are stupid. As the movie was funny and considered to provoke, his obvious bias was sometimes distracting. Michael Moore can be no fan of objective film-making. And while I love his movies as well, I don't always trust so-called facts presented in this staunch one-sided view.

I am hoping more comedians make documentaries. It could be good for the genre. My thinking is, if the big name stars bring people out to theaters to see one documentary, perhaps those same people will return to see more. Perhaps they will watch several types of documentaries.