Stuttering – My Constant Companion

Birgit Gohlke, a film and media scholar, has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action. Together with speech therapist Petra Nickel they created STUTTERING – MY CONSTANT COMPANION. Along with Birgit Gohlke herself and David Seidler - author of "The King's Speech" who himself stuttered as a teenager - three other stuttering protagonists talk about their day to day challenges. "An enriching film that breaks down clichés and prejudices and gives a voice to those who flow of speech is at times inhibited." (spielfilm.de)

Keywords

  • Topic: Mental Health
  • filmdelights
  • Mental Health
  • psychology
  • women

Director

  • Petra Nickel
  • Birgit Gohlke

Documentary, Independent


1h 29min


0 FSK

DE


EN

Austria
2017
Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.

Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.


Birgit Gohlke, a film and media scholar, has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.


Together with speech therapist Petra Nickel they created STUTTERING – MY CONSTANT COMPANION. Along with Birgit Gohlke herself and David Seidler - author of "The King's Speech" who himself stuttered as a teenager - three other stuttering protagonists talk about their day to day challenges.


"An enriching film that breaks down clichés and prejudices and gives a voice to those who flow of speech is at times inhibited." (spielfilm.de)

Cast & Crew