Thomas Banks

Laughter Club

A staged fictional documentary about people with physical disabilities who work in an alternative job. The documentary focuses on Oscar, an editor with cerebral palsy. When Oscar is shown a rough edit of the documentary by the director, Rachel, he becomes upset with the film’s exploitative nature, but when she shows him a scene at his laughter clubtherapy, he is able to finally share his conflicting feelings of his estranged mother’s battle with cancer.