“We are all human beings who want to be heard, and that means letting everyone have as much time as they need to speak…”
TARO ALEXANDER, Founder, the Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY)
MEDIA
NEW: One of the most moving scenes in My Beautiful Stutter, a documentary now streaming on Discovery+, involves just a microphone and an open stage.
Many of the attendees at Camp Say in Hendersonville, North Carolina, a getaway for youth who stutter hosted by the New York-based organization the Stuttering Association for the Young, grew up feeling broken or confused, ostracized by a neurological disorder that tangles the flow of fluent speech.
Tears abound; the scene hums with the bottomless human desire, felt most acutely as a teenager, to be seen, heard, loved, accepted…
EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ is just over a month old and the streamer is already restocking its slate of original documentaries.
My Beautiful Stutter, which launches March 11, follows five kids who stutter, 9 to 18, from all over the U.S. and all walks of life. After experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, these children meet others who stutter at an interactive arts-based program, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. Directed by Ryan Gielen produced by Paul Rudd, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, George Springer and Patrick James Lynch and produced by Michael Alden…
NEW: My Beautiful Stutter is honored to receive the 2020 Shorty Award for Social Good for our screening campaign with impact screening partner Picture Motion...
After a nearly 18-month run of over 225 screenings around the world, Believe Limited is thrilled to receive this award with its impact campaign partner, Picture Motion.
The film launches exclusively on Discovery Plus March 11, 2021 and then hits home movie, DVD, and TVOD outlets September 12, 2021. Outside of the U.S., audiences can buy or rent the film today through Vimeo’s VOD platform.
NEW: A powerful piece from Audri Gunderson, of The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), a person who stutters, currently training to become a speech language pathologist…
NEW: “My Beautiful Stutter,” the elegantly profound documentary directed by Ryan Gielen and written by Steve Sander, will open your eyes to this affliction. There are almost 70 million stutterers in the world, more than 3 million in the U.S. It affects one in twenty children…
NEW: Check out this lovely piece from a speech language pathologist on the impact of My Beautiful Stutter on her practice…
PODCAST APPEARANCES
“The pain associated with stuttering is not based on your age, but on how long you go without knowing it’s okay to stutter...”
JAKE, Camper, Camp SAY
OFFICIAL TRAILER
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“This is not a speech impediment. My voice is an instrument, my stutter its greatest symphony. My speech, composed by god...”
EMILY, Reading from the poem "Honest Speech” by Erin Schick
SCREENINGS
Director Ryan Gielen, Executive Producer Paul Rudd, and Producer Michael Alden on the red carpet.
JANUARY 4, 2020 - ALPHARETTA, GA - Raise Your Voice Inc @ Alpharetta Library
JANUARY 6, 2020 - melville, ny - west hollow middle school
JANUARY 15, 2020 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI - 7:00 PM - Urban Institute for Contemporary Art - Ticketing Website
JANUARY 21, 2020 - FORT WORTH, TX - 6:00 PM - Grand Berry Theater @ Fort Worth University
JANUARY 23, 2020 - SUGAR LAND, TX - 5:30 PM - Settlers Way Elementary School - School Website
JANUARY 23, 2020 - Syracuse, ny - 6:00 pm - Bird Library @ SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 6, 2020 - BLOOMINGTON, IN - 7:00 PM - Indiana University Speech and Hearing Building
FEBRUARY 6, 2020 - bridgeport, ct - 5:00 PM - Sacred Heart University, Center for Health Care Education
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 - FULLERTON, CA - 6:30 PM - TSU THEATER @ CAL STATE FULLERTON w/ CCWS
FEBRUARY 8, 2020 - nashville, tn - 2:00 PM - Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center - Camp TALKS - LIGHT HALL
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 - huntington, wv - 6:00 PM - Marshall University Student Center, BE5
FEBRUARY 15, 2020 - TORONTO, CANADA - 2:00 PM - MacLeod Auditorium Medical Science Building University of Toronto
FEBRUARY 15, 2020 - ANTWERP, BELGIUM - 4:30 PM - ECSF - Thomas More University College Antwerp, Campus Sint Andries Sint Andriesstraat 2
FEBRUARY 18, 2020 - SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - 7:00 PM - Skidmore College
FEBRUARY 18, 2020 - MEQUON, WI - 5:00 pm - Concordia University Wisconsin Department of Speech-Language Pathology - TODD WEHR AUDITORIUM
FEBRUARY 20, 2020 - hampton, va - 5:00 PM - Hampton University Student Union Theater, hampton u
FEBRUARY 22, 2020 - PORTLAND, OR - 7:00 PM - 5th Avenue Cinema @ Portland State U
FEBRUARY 22, 2020 - FAYETTEVILLE, NC - 7:00 PM - Marshall University, Crossroads Church
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 - middletown, nj - 7:00 PM - middletown arts center new jersey
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 - JAMAICA, NY - 5:00 PM - St. John’s University Queens Chapter (NSSLHA)
MARCH 4, 2020 - STORRS, CT - 12:00 PM - University of Connecticut - Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences - Dodd Center
MARCH 6, 2020 - HOUSTON, TX - 6:00 PM - University of Houston, Communication Sciences & Disorders - Agnes Arnold Hall Auditorium 2
MARCH 8, 2020 - WILMINGTON, NC - 4:30 PM - UNCW Department of Film Studies, king hall auditorium
MARCH 13, 2020 - ALBUQUERQUE, NM - 7:00 PM - University of New Mexico Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences - KELLER HALL
MARCH 13, 2020 - ACCRA, GHANA - 5:00 pm - University of Ghana, Speech and Language Therapy DepartmenT - tropics building
MARCH 14, 2020 - LONDON, UK - iStammer.Community
***POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: MARCH 17, 2020 - aurora, co - 6:15 PM - Children's Hospital Colorado, NO RSVP REQUIRED***
MARCH 18, 2020 - GREATER MANCHESTER, UK - 6:45 PM - University of Manchester - Samuel Alexander Building
MARCH 19, 2020 - richmond, va - 6:30 PM - Ginter park presbyterian church
MARCH 19, 2020 - beverly, ma - 7:00 PM - Beverly Middle School
***POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: MARCH 20, 2020 - columbus, oh - 7:00 PM - Flaum Fluency Program, GATEWAY FILM CENTER***
POSTPONED - MARCH 24, 2020 - boston, ma - 6:30 PM - boston university wheelock School of Education Room 130 (NSSLHA)
POSTPONED - MARCH 25, 2020 - venice, fl - 6:00 PM - Venice Performing Arts Center
POSTPONED - MARCH 25, 2020 - sewell, nj - 6:30 PM - Washington Township Public Schools Boardroom
POSTPONED - MARCH 26, 2020 - wooster, oh - 7:30 PM - gault recital hall, the college of wooster, nsslha chapter
POSTPONED - MARCH 31, 2020 - NEW YORK, NY - 6:30 PM - NYU Chapter National Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association
POSTPONED - MARCH 31, 2020 - victoria, british columbia - 6:00 PM - Movie Mondays society @ movie mondays theater
POSTPONED - APRIL 1, 2020 - HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - 6:30 PM - MacMechon Auditorium, dalhousie university
POSTPONED - APRIL 2, 2020 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - 6:00 PM - Temple University's Speak Now Therapy
POSTPONED - APRIL 2, 2020 - new orleans, la - 6:00 PM - Son of a saint @ the broad theater
POSTPONED - APRIL 3, 2020 - madison, wi - TIME TBD - University of Wisconsin — Madison Health Sciences Learning Center theater
POSTPONED - APRIL 4, 2020 - LINCOLN, NE - 9:30 AM - University of Nebraska — Lincoln's Barkley Memorial CenteR, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
POSTPONED - APRIL 4, 2020 - MESA, AZ - 1:00 PM - Brute Lab, Stuttering and Speech Therapy of Arizona
POSTPONED - APRIL 7, 2020 - chicago, il - 6:00 PM - shared voices @ soho house chicago
POSTPONED - APRIL 10, 2020 - columbus, in - 7:00 PM - Columbus North High School
POSTPONED - APRIL 10, 11 & 12, 2020 - gainesville, fl - 7:00 PM - Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
POSTPONED - APRIL 11, 2020 - ST. PAUL, MN - 7:00 PM - St Paul Student Union Theater (TWIN CITIES NSA CHAPTER)
POSTPONED - APRIL 14, 2020 - BURLINGTON, VT - 6:30 PM - University of Vermont - UVM Luse Center
POSTPONED - APRIL 15, 2020 - pinehurst, nc - 6:15 PM - Village chapel hall
POSTPONED - APRIL 16, 2020 - TACOMA, WA - 6:00 PM - First Creek Middle SchoOL
POSTPONED - APRIL 18, 2020 - TAngerang, indonesia - 9:00 AM - Indonesian Stuttering Community, Faculty of Medical
POSTPONED - APRIL 24, 2020 - rochester, ny - 7:00 PM - York Wellness and Rehabilitation InstitutE, nazareth college - ticket details soon
POSTPONED - APRIL 25, 2020 - tampa, fl - 9:00 AM - University of South Florida + NSSLHA @ USF MArshall center
POSTPONED - APRIL 30, 2020 - WACO, TX - 5:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Education Service Center - Region 12
POSTPONED - MAY 2, 2020 - Round rock, TX - 6:00 PM - Texas State University Department of Communication Disorders - Round Rock Campus
POSTPONED - MAY 3, 2020 - SAN MARCOS, TX - 4:00 PM - Texas State University Department of Communication Disorders
POSTPONED - MAY 4, 2020 - ANCHORAGE, AK - 5:30 PM - Alaska University: NSSLHA Chapter, Bear Tooth Theater Pub & Grill
POSTPONED - MAY 7, 2020 - WESTFIELD, NJ - 6:30 PM - WESTFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
POSTPONED - MAY 7, 2020 - grand cayman, cayman islands - 7:00 PM - kidsability LTD @ regal cinemas camana bay
POSTPONED - may 8, 2020 - galloway, nj - 7:00 PM - stockton university school of health sciences - made possible by njsha
POSTPONED - may 12, 2020 - princeton, nj - 6:30 PM - princeton public library, princeton u - made possible by njsha
POSTPONED - may 13, 2020 - montvale, nj - 7:00 PM - Montvale Public Schools (NJSHA Sponsored) Pascack Hills High School, Auditorium
POSTPONED - may 14, 2020 - rahway, nj - 7:30 PM - Union County Performing Arts Center (NJSHA Sponsored), Hamilton Stages at UCPAC
POSTPONED - MAY 15, 2020 - ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - 6:00 PM - TICKET DETAILS SOON
POSTPONED - MAY 15, 2020 - Kenosha, WI - 6:00 PM - Kenosha Unified School District & KUSD Friends Stuttering Group @ lance middle school auditorium
POSTPONED - may 20, 2020 - middletown, nj - 7:00 PM - middletown high school south, made possible by njsha
POSTPONED - MAY 22, 2020 - west bridgewater, ma - 6:30 PM - West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School (Inclusion Matters, Inc)
POSTPONED - MAY 28, 2020 - waterford, mi - 6:00 PM - oakland schools
POSTPONED - august, 22, 2020 - sacramento, ca - 1:00 PM - Elk Grove Unified School District - Valley Hi-North Laguna Library - ticket details coming
September 3, 2020 - johannesburg, south africa - TIME TBD - South African Speech Language Hearing Association (SASLHA-ASHA Conference)
September 11, 2020 - valleystream, ny - TIME TBD - dapper jollof (DETAILS TBD)
September 24, 2020 - waterford, mi - TIME TBD - oakland schools
September 30, 2020 - pittsburgh, pa - TIME TBD - university of pittsburgh dept of communications
September 30, 2020 - waco, tx - TIME TBD - Education Service Center-Region 12
OCTOBER 1, 2020 - wooster, oh - TIME TBD - NSSLHA Chapter at The College of Wooster
OCTOBER 7, 2020 - milwaukee, wi - TIME TBD - MPS Milwaukee
OCTOBER 8, 2020 - tacoma, wa - TIME TBD - First Creek Middle School
OCTOBER 16, 2020 - west bridgewater, ma - TIME TBD - Inclusion Matters, Inc.
OCTOBER 19, 2020 - NORMAL, IL - 7:00 PM - Illinois State University Eckelmann-Taylor Speech and Hearing Clinic
OCTOBER 22, 2020 - Harjumaa, Estonia - 6:00 PM - Kino Sõprus, estonian stuttering association
OCTOBER 22, 2020 - schenectady, ny - 6:00 PM - VIA Aquarium & The College of Saint Rose
OCTOBER 22, 2020 - glasgow, scotland - 7:15 PM - talklinks, university of glasgow
OCTOBER 22, 2020 - GHENT, BELGIUM - TIME TBD - VZW BeSt
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“That sentence, “It’s okay that I stutter,” took a long time for me. It takes a lifetime for some people...”
TARO ALEXANDER, Founder, SAY, the Stuttering Association for the Young
ABOUT
My Beautiful Stutter follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States and all walks of life, who, after experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, meet other children who stutter at an interactive arts-based program, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. Their journey to SAY find some close to suicide, others withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from failed fluency training, societal pressures to not stutter or the decision to remain silent. Over the course of a year we witness first hand the incredible transformation that happens when these young people of wildly different backgrounds experience for the first time the revolutionary idea at the heart of SAY: that it's okay to stutter.
Executive Producers: Paul Rudd, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, George Springer, Patrick James Lynch
Producers: Ryan Gielen, Michael Alden
Director: Ryan Gielen
Writer: Steven Sander
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
WINNER SHORTY SOCIAL GOOD AWARD THE 2020 SHORTY AWARDS
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 BOSTON INTERNATIONAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FILM, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2019 NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER VIOLA MARSHALL AUDIENCE AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 GOLDEN DOOR FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 DOC SUNBACK FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION Napa Valley Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Heartland International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Indy Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Boston International Kids Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Rhode Island International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Alexandria Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Doc Sunback Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION Golden Door Film Festival
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“I THINK STUTTERING GETS 15 MINUTES HERE AND THERE, BUT IF YOU ARE A CHILD WHO STUTTERS, IT’S 24-7...”
NOAH CORNMAN, Executive Director, SAY, the Stuttering Association for the Young
QUICK FACTS ABOUT STUTTERING
1 in 20 children stutter.
Many will stutter for life, facing bullying, stigmatization, emotional and sometimes physical violence, all at the hands of classmates, teachers, family members and society at large.
Many hide, shut down, rigorously work toward fluency, or develop tricks to mask their stutter. Some, driven to despair, attempt to take their own lives.
Their story has never been told.
Until now.
CONTACT THE FILMMAKERS
Have a question? Want to join our mailing list, or host a screening? Want to purchase and Edu or Library License? Reach out and say hi! We are usually able to reply within 48 hours :)
We know that stuttering can be a struggle for many people. The most important thing is for you to know that you are not alone. If you are an adult who stutters, you can connect with others in your area through the National Stuttering Association. If you are a parent or younger than 18 years old, you can contact SAY: the Stuttering Association for the Young (info@say.org) for help and support.
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