Join us as we celebrate National Stuttering Awareness Week with an evening of personal storytelling, radical self-acceptance, and deep listening through the lens of the stuttering community. This program features a collection of powerful short and feature-length documentaries by and about the stuttering community, spotlighting their lived experiences and reclaiming stuttering as a meaningful part of identity.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with special guests, including filmmaker Michael Turner, filmmaker and Proud Stutter founder Maya Chupkov.
The post-screening discussion will be moderated by comedian and disability advocate, Nina G.
THURSDAY, MAY 8 • 7:00 PM
$14.50 General | $11 Seniors & Youth | $9 CAFILM Members
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THE WAY WE TALK
Filmmaker Michael Turner confronts one of the most misunderstood disabilities—stuttering—by turning the camera on himself and others in the self-help movement. In this vulnerable, intimate documentary, Turner goes beneath the surface of speech to explore the hidden emotional toll of stuttering, confronting fear, shame, and isolation with honesty and compassion.
Director: Michael Turner
(US 2015) 80 min.
PROUD STUTTER
Maya grew up believing her stutter was something to hide, until she began a journey of self-discovery that led to the creation of her podcast Proud Stutter. In this uplifting short, filmmaker Karina Sturm follows Maya’s mission to amplify the voices of people who stutter and celebrate stuttering as simply another way of speaking.
Director: Karina Sturm
(US 2023) 10 min.
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TARTAMUDEO
This lyrical, experimental short explores the intersections of stuttering, trauma, and memory through a Cuban-American lens. Merging family archives, educational films, and propaganda with analog and digital textures, Tartamudeo speaks to language as both rupture and reclamation across generations.
Director: Dave Rodriguez
(US 2019) 3 min 30 sec
THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER