MONTREAL — The first thing one might notice about “Tickling Giants” – a rousing documentary from Sara Taksler, recently screened at Just For Laughs – is just how audacious the first ten minutes are. Images of a violent revolution sweeping through North Africa are interlaced with a cynical edge of black comedy, punctuated by a fake end-credits sequence that is only the first of many fantastical, witty editing choices.

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Just For Laughs: 'The Big Lebowski' Live Read With Michael Fassbender & Jennifer Lawrence

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