_Laughter Against the Machine
W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green, and Janine Brito, three fearless and thought-provoking comedians, brought Laughter Against the Machine: Guerrilla Stand-up Comedy to seven cities across America in 2011. We filmed it all for an unconventional tour documentary in which comedians plunge into the fray of the most heated controversies of our time. Among other crazy things, we crossed the border in Arizona, visited a mosque in Michigan, touched the levee in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, and joined the Occupy Oakland General Strike.
"It's smart, it's heady, it gets to the very edge of what's tolerable." – East Bay Express
"The funniest comedy show we've ever seen." – SF Weekly
"These Laughs Kill Fascists" – Portland Mercury
Nato and Kamau conceived Laughter Against The Machine in 2008 as an issue-oriented comedy show where the comedians and the audience to expect to be challenged to laugh and think at the same time. Nato and Kamau wanted a comedy show with no preconceived expectations, no party lines, and certainly no cheerleading, because they have beef with everybody, including themselves. Since then they've added firebrand Janine Brito, and LATM has sold out shows in Northern California, Portland, and Seattle. Other comedians performing in LATM shows have included Hari Kondabolu, Margaret Cho, Jimmy Dore, Chris Garcia, Aparna Nancherla, Emily Heller, Bucky Sinister, Marcella Arguello, and Ron Funches.
Like Doctors Without Borders, but with jokes instead of penicillin, LATM roams the country bringing humor to the people who need it the most.
Welcome to Laughter Against The Machine: Guerrilla Stand-up Comedy.