Eddie Griffin: DysFunktional Family

The film records a stage show. The comedian on stage is Eddie Griffin. The show was filmed in a theatre in Indiana. Griffin goes at everything from everyday matters to politics. Other footage comes in between the stage sections. In those parts Griffin goes back to his home town. His home town is Kansas City. The reason for the trip is a family reunion. Along the way he talks with his relatives. His mother is among them. One uncle used to work as a pimp. Another uncle talks about the films he shot himself. So you see where the jokes come from. Joe Howard and Matthew Brent appear in it too. The film is listed as both comedy and documentary. George Gallo directed the eighty nine minute film. The American production was finished in 2003.