An intimate, mixed media documentary that follows Tig Notaro, a Los Angeles based comedian, who just days after being diagnosed with invasive stage II breast cancer changed the course of her career with a poignant stand-up set that became legendary overnight. This documentary explores Tig's extraordinary journey as her career ignites and as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all the while continuing to battle a life-threatening illness and falling in love. This film is a hybrid of comedy and drama that captures a personal journey about facing crisis head on with honesty and grace and overcoming pain and suffering with the healing power of comedy. It's a story about moving forward during a period of your life when you don't know what is going to happen. When you are willing to risk it all for what you believe is the right thing to do and for what you want to happen in this life.

Title: Tig
Imdb rate: 7.4
Imdb votes: 2,215
Year: 2015
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Director: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York
Writers: Jennifer Arnold
Actors:
Stephanie Allynne
Zach Galifianakis
Sarah Silverman
Jennifer Bliss

Awards: 3 nominations.