History of Sorts

Last week I had the privilege to interview Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards.

Ferne Pearlstein is a prize-winning cinematographer, writer, director, and editor whose work has won numerous awards and been screened and broadcast around the world. Her most recent documentary, The Last Laugh-which she directed, produced, photographed, and edited-had its world premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, beginning a run of over a hundred festivals in the US and abroad,
THE LAST LAUGH dares to ask: “Are we allowed to joke about the Holocaust?” This outrageously funny and thought-provoking film puts the question to legends and critical thinkers including Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, and many others (including survivors), offering fresh insights into the Holocaust and what else-9/11, AIDS, racism-is or isn’t off-limits in a society that prizes freedom of speech. It was written and produced by Robert Edwards
Robert is also known for One More Time (2015), Land of the Blind (2006) and Paranoia (1996). He has been married to Ferne Pearlstein since September 29, 2001.
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Edwards was an Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry and intelligence officer in the US Army for six and a half years, and served as a captain in a parachute infantry regiment in Iraq in the first Gulf war.
Attended high school in Hawaii with Barack Obama.
I interviewed both of them about their upcoming projects for the Trevor Noah company and Robert’s satirical website The King’s Necktie and his book about the upcoming election in the US.