"Let Me Finish: A Stuttering Documentary" by Alex Murphy

Let Me Finish shares the personal experiences of Evan, Behnaz, and Joy -- three life-long stutterers living in Austin, Texas. Through their compelling interviews, their group meetings at the National Stuttering Association Austin chapter, and expert testimony from leading UT Speech Language Pathologist Dr. Courtney Byrd, the documentary explores the physical and psychological effects of stuttering, dispels commonly held myths perpetuated by the media, and informs friends, family and others how they can help make communication a little easier for stutterers in their own lives.

CAST:
Evan Usler
Behnaz Abolmaali
Joy Chandler
Dr. Courtney Byrd

CREW:
Alex Murphy (Director/Editor)
Don Murphy (Producer)
Shannon Deane (Sound Mixer)

About the director: Alex is a senior RTF (Radio-TV-Film) student at the University of Texas at Austin. A stutterer himself, Alex was inspired to make Let Me Finish after attending meetings at his local National Stuttering Association chapter. In addition to Let Me Finish, he's written & directed three narrative shorts.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Stuttering
• stutterers
• NSA
• National
• Association
• The King's Speech
• fluency
• disfluency
• disability
• educational
• University of Texas
• UT Austin
• College of Communication
• CSD
• Communication
• Sciences
• Disorders
• RTF
• Radio-TV-Film
• student
• school
• alex murphy
• Education
• University Of Texas At Austin

[1Sorrelly]

I'm 54 and have been a stutterer my whole life. My dad also stutters, even worse than I do, but none of my other 5 siblings stutters. I would love to find some help for me here in Houston. Wonderful video. Thanks.

[Alexrmurphy]

@1Sorrelly Thank you for watching. Attending meetings is a great place to start! I've heard Houston has a great National Stuttering Association chapter. That's how I got the inspiration to start work on this documentary =)

[Tera1971]

It takes me awhile to even notice a stutter if I even notice it. I don't always catch it unless someone points it out. I grew up listening to a variety of Latino accents, English, Spanish and was always fascinated with languages since very young to the point of pursuing a degree in linguistics at UT in Austin. Is there such a thing as an ear that just doesn't catch stuttering?

[Alexrmurphy]

@Tera1971 Everyone can detect stuttering. However, some people are better at picking up the subtle signs of a more mild or covert stutter; the pauses, the stumbles, the loss of eye contact, the switching out words, etc. But when you're talking with someone who has a severe stutter, it's almost impossible not to notice because it's not just "hearing" the stutter but seeing it as well - there's often strong visual cues as well that the person is struggling (see Evan at 0:45 for example).

[nicolelovesglamour]

I'm 15 years old, and I stutter. I can't thank you enough for making this. It's amazing!

[Alexrmurphy]

@nicolelovesglamour That means a lot to me, thank you.

[sleazyrum]

This is a great video. Thank you.

10:46 to 11:44 I love what she's saying.



[jessegrn]

i've never known another person who stutters who also likes julian lynch. great documentary, and nice taste in music!

[gabbaro]

Nice work!

[TVloverXx]

i am 16 and a stutter, however i only have a very mild stutter, but it still feel the affect of the stutter

[whoisdantheman]

I got this problem, but my dad has it worst and I can laugh cause I got this problem myself.

[EricDySart]

Amazing documentary. I was researching a character that stutters, and actually learned something. Thanks man.

[archaea771]

This is a great documentary. I have trouble saying certain words and it's frustrating, esp. because I have to speak a lot in my job. I'm now attending Toastmasters to practice speaking in front of groups and I'm also going to join a support group. It's nice to know I'm not alone.