Act Social (2021)
Overview
Civil discourse is vanishing from modern society. Improv comedians heal the divide in this documentary feature film starring Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it, Anyway?) that explores the use of improvisation for conflict resolution. Republican Karl Rove performs improv with Colin Mochrie and endears himself to a room half-full with Democrats. Police officers do improv with local youth in order to learn listening skills. Dr. Daniel J. Wiener brings couples back from the brink of divorce using improv. Dr. Charles Limb places Second City improv comedians in a functional MRI machine to see what happens in the brain when we improvise.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.176 |
Directed By
Sean A. Mulvihill
Crew
Robert Long
Nancy Watt
Sean A. Mulvihill
Sean A. Mulvihill
Sean A. Mulvihill
Joel Veenstra
Sean A. Mulvihill
Mary Lemmer
Cory Chele
Sean A. Mulvihill
Ruth Ann Harnisch
Sean A. Mulvihill
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