Chonda Pierce: Laughing in the Dark

2015

Documentary

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 100%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 68 68

stand-up comedy

Plot summary

Documentary about the life of Christian comedian Chonda Pierce, the RIAA's number one selling female comedian of all time.

Director

Rick Altizer Photo
Rick Altizer

Top cast

Doug Griffin Photo
Doug Griffin as Radio Announcer
Chonda Pierce Photo
Chonda Pierce
Michael Courtney Photo
Michael Courtney
Stan Lowery Photo
Stan Lowery as Self
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765.34 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1.39 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by karennations 10 / 10

Great movie !

Well done,A real view behind the life of Chonda Pierce . Sad at times but the message is, we can learn from our mistakes and God gives us the strength to walk through the hard times.If you are having a hard time that you are going through , this is a great movie to see because you walk away from the movie feeling encouraged that your not alone . Chonda regenerated some of the choices she made and had to live with the consequence's that where the results of the choices. She is open in sharing her weakness and dark times.But in the end God is in control even when we don't like what is going in our lives, and will never leave us.But will give us a hope to walk through the darkness.
Reviewed by tami_loves_noles 8 / 10

So Raw and Truthful and Serendipitous

I have been a fan of Chonda's work for a while. But within a couple of weeks of viewing this I heard a podcast where she shared how this came to be. She was approached about a making a documentary of her life on the road as a comedian. Many of the things that happened during the 3 years of filming were unexpected and as they occurred the focus of the documentary changed. Chonda's early life and her going through the loss of both of her sisters and surviving her father's mental health issues is well known, and she's always survived through her faith and comedy. Unfortunately as she became more famous and the travel became extensive her own marriage and children's lives suffered. In a way she was repeating what she'd learned.But I don't know many people who have not had tragedy in their lives. And she continues to, through the help of therapy and medication, share her story to the benefit of 10s of 1000s of people.She admits she wishes she'd chosen a different path, but the path of following Jesus, as those who make that choice know, is not easy. It's not meant to be. It's meant to be a sacrifice and it is.
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