‘Laughing Matters’
Currently streaming for free on SoulPancake’s YouTube channel, Laughing Matters is a 30-minute documentary that explores the complicated relationship between comedy and mental health. Equal parts essential and entertaining, the film features a slew of top comedians — Rachel Bloom, Rainn Wilson, Sarah Silverman, Wayne Brady, Chris Gethard, and Aparna Nancherla among others — courageously opening up about their own struggles with mental health. It’s rare to stumble upon a film that’s both funny and necessary, but Laughing Matters threads that delicate needle with ease and empathy.