Still from Finding Your Laughter (2026), by Arlieta Hall and Brittany Alsot
Still from Finding Your Laughter (2026), by Arlieta Hall and Brittany Alsot
Finding Your Laughter
Fine Cut Preview and Impact Conversation
Directed by Arlieta Hall and Brittany Alsot (USA, 2026, 85 min.).
Chicago comedian Arlieta Hall turns to stand-up and improvisation as tools for healing while caring for her father as he declines from Alzheimer’s disease. Balancing humor and grief, Finding Your Laughter traces how performance becomes both a means of survival and a way of sustaining connection in the face of loss.
Preceded by
Scars That Define Us
Directed by Edward Worthy (USA, 2026, 17 min.).
A woman returning home to care for her ailing father confronts a collapsing infrastructure and the emotional weight of her new reality. Set during the 2022 water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
Also preceded by
Gloria
Directed by Kim Blanck (USA, 2025, 10 min.).
Living alone and struggling with memory loss, a Chinese woman in her 70s finds renewed purpose by teaching herself Spanish.
Stay tuned after the screenings for a conversation with the filmmakers.
Wheelchair accessible
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