Tig
Directed By
Ashley York
and Kristina Goolsby
The personal Biography of Tig Notaro, a Stand-up comedian who was diagnosed with cancer.
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An intimate 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. It 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.
Ashley York has worked on Academy Award®-winning teams and on projects that have premiered at the Sundance, Berlin, and SXSW film festivals, as well as on Netflix, A&E, National Geographic, and HBO. She was featured in Variety as a “filmmaker to watch” following the release of her first film, Tig, a Netflix Original documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She is a frequent invited speaker, panelist, and contributor to Women in Film and SXSW Interactive and a founding member of the Emmy-nominated design collective, Take Action Games. Ashley lives in Los Angeles where she teaches in the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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