My Beautiful Stutter

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My Beautiful Stutter

2019

1h 30m

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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 Their journey to SAY find some close to suicide, others withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from failed fluency training, societal pressures to not stutter or the decision to remain silent.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.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

It was filmed during the camp's 2015 session, when the summer program was in North Carolina (it is now in Pennsylvania), and the first screenings took place in 2019. The lessons - for stutterers and non-stutterers - still hold.

Mar 11, 2021

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Ashley Moulton

Common Sense Media

It's called My Beautiful Stutter for a reason; it can offer lessons to all of us about learning to love ourselves just as we are.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 25, 2021

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Everyone has a tale to tell, both specific and universal. Life can be a challenge, but the rewards are worth the wait.

Mar 11, 2021

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

[An] elegantly profound documentary.

Mar 9, 2021

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As a person who has dealt with stuttering my whole life I can relate to this movie. It really hit home and and made me cry

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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Steven Sander

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Michael Alden

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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.

Director: Ryan Gielen
Producer: Michael Alden, Ryan Gielen
Screenwriter: Steven Sander
Production Co: Michael Alden Productions, Believe Limited
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m

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