March 20, 2006 Boston Globe:
Between the Lines: Female Comics of Color Face a Constant Challenge Onstage: How to Fit in and Still Stand Out, by Vanessa Jones
"...Capturing the action as all of this goes down is veteran filmmaker Roberto Mighty. (Esther) Ku is one of seven female comedians of color Mighty is profiling for his documentary ''KolorGirlz," which he started last summer and expects to complete by the end of this year.
Some of the others: Dorchester comedian Deb Ferrar-Parkman, who weaves jokes about her daughter's Barbie collection. Another local comedian, Tissa Hami of Weston, wrings laughs out of her predicament of being Muslim in a
post-9/11 world. New York-based Karith Foster mines the subject of not being stereotypically black. Maine's Sheila Jackson talks about femininity and her personal predicament of looking like a man when she wears a dress.
Mighty chose his comedians -- rounded out by Houston's Roxanne Collins and an as-yet-unfound Latina -- based on their skills at making insightful comic observations.
His documentary will include not only performance footage but in depth interviews with friends and relatives of the comics to discover what pushes them to explore particular themes onstage. (Click here to read entire article)
