Call Me Lucky (2015)

An inspiring triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedys most enigmatic and important figures CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins a beerswilling politically outspoken and whipsmart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians But beneath Crimmins gruff harddrinking curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his longsuppressed and horrific abuse as a child a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena