The Mayor: Sandra Battaglini
Sandra Battaglini is an award winning stand-up comic, actor, writer and activist. She is a two time Canadian Comedy Award winner for her solo show shows, Classy Lady and Hard Headed Woman. She appears in The Amazing Gayle Pile (NBC Seeso), Tall Boyz (CBC), In the Dark (CBS) and Communist's Daughter (CBC). She premiered her 7th solo show Baby Jeez and other Abreevs in Toronto and released a comedy album with the same name. She spearheaded a grassroots movement to have stand-up comedy recognized as an art form and co-founded the Canadian Association of Stand-up Comedians that lobbies for comedian's rights. Her podcast Small Battalion delivers the latest disturbances in history, politics, news, comedy and the earth with a dash of Bill Gates.
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The Director: Matt Kelly
Matt Kelly is the producer and director of the disruptive documentary The Mayor Of Comedy which was nominated for best documentary at the Hamilton Film Festival. He’s produced and directed for Canadian icons like rock band Rush and Wayne Gretzky and his original series Hookin’ Up with Mariko Izumi ran for 4 seasons on the World Fishing Network. Matt has had 3 television projects reach the finals of Just For Laughs ComedyPRO and in 2016 Matt’s project Inhuman Resources was selected by comedy superstar Kevin Hart.
In 2019 Matt and Kyle Radke created Kavalry Productions Inc. to focus on creating original Canadian comedy projects.
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REVIEWS OF THE FILM
Parton & Pearl
Parton & Pearl
Parton & Pearl
"The film’s greatest strength is its overall clarity in outlining the challenges faced by working comedians in Canada."
The Hoser
Parton & Pearl
Parton & Pearl
"The interviews are laugh-out-loud funny, but the content they cover is often heartbreaking: comedians tell their stories of spending years working on their art, and inevitably either have to leave the country to make it, or stay stagnant where they are."
Mobtreal
Parton & Pearl
Mobtreal
"The film is well shot and very informative. If you haven’t been following the CASC story – it’s a recently founded grass roots association dedicated to advocating for the Canadian stand-up comedy industry. "
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