Played at the December 2016 Best of Family/Animation FEEDBACK Film Festival.
STUTTER, 13min., USA, Family/Drama
Directed by Ivo Huahua
A strong-willed widower with a heavy stutter is determined to win the respect of his son by speaking to the boy’s class on Career Day.
REVIEW by Kierston Drier:
Directed by Ivo Huahua, Stutter is a powerful poignant piece with much to unpack. In the wake of his wife’s’ death, our Hero, a master gardener with a severe stutter, must try to reconnect with his teenage son who shares the difficulty. Determined to come to his sons’ parent career night, we see our hero go to lengths to work on his diction. It is with a tangible feeling of relief we see him succeed. And yet, victory in front of his son’s class proves much harder. And confronting the children who bully his son for his speech, (and their parents)…
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