3 minutes
Nick Hillel
"Ethiopian's King of Laughter visits England to see it laughter is really shrinking in the western world and whether his brand of laughter therapy can cheer up the UK's unhappiest town."
I've found that I quite enjoy short form documentaries like these that focus on a relatively simple subject and tend to use interesting techniques and clever editing to be poignant and interesting.
I found this one to be pretty effective in what it set out to do. It's light hearted and the way the camera is used reflects this (such as the camera that has been fixed to Belachew Girma). There are also moments of emotion such as when Belachew talks about his fairly tragic life and how he learnt to laugh as a way to cope with it.
The film's use of close ups and often showing images that don't fit the dialogue can be quite effective though in some ways the background sound in the film can be a little distracting.
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