Movies About Stuttering
Stuttering: a short animation film - this excellent 8 minute animation was made by 2 students from the Artevelde High School in Belgium.
Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids - is a really nice video produced by the Stuttering Foundation of America. You can watch it for free online.
There are some good movies that show people who stutter in positive roles. These are rated PG, so ask your mom or dad to watch them with you.
- "Paulie" (1998) is a movie about a little girl who stutters and her friend a parrot who cannot fly.
- A Family Thing is a movie about a Black police officer who stutters (played by James Earl Jones) and his half-brother (played by Robert Duval.
- The Right Stuff - a movie about the "space race" has several scenes portraying a woman who stutters, Annie Glenn, the wife of John Glenn.
The next movie was rated R for a "bad word" but it is still an excellent movie about a man who stuttered. Watch it with mom or dad.
- The King's Speech is a movie about the King of England during World War II. It won several big awards!
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