Sat October 14, 2023
Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted: Special Debut at the Oakland Comedy Festical
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Event sponsored by Proud Stutter and hosted by Maya Chupkov.
This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotius stand-up performance, exploring everything from the Disability experience to her Italian-Catholic upbringing to body image issues and more.
Integrated throughout Nina G's comedy set are are documentary-style interviews and archival footage where Nina shares her personal story of the challenges she faced growing up as a woman who stutters, and how she ultimately grew to accept herself and pursue a successful career in stand-up comedy.
This hilarious and heartfelt special is a first of its kind!
Join Nina G and the film's director Gina Chin-Davis (another woman who stutters!) for clips from the movie and discussion. Includes Q&A.
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What people are saying about Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted:
"Better to laugh with us than at us."
Jim Lebrecht, co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp
"This film shows Nina G as a powerful changemaker. From her high school years collaborating with faculty to get her needs met as a stuttering student with dyslexia to her gifts as a talented storyteller and stand-up comedian, Nina G is transforming society's view of disabled people one stage at a time."
~Beth A. Haller, Ph.D., author of Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World (Routledge, 2023).
"Lifting up the voices of women who stutter is extremely important, especially because it is rare to see us represented in popular culture. I've grown up only seeing mostly white men on screen, thinking there are not a lot of women out there who share similar experiences. It was not until I started Proud Stutter that I realized there are so many women who stutter and we all deserve to be heard."
Maya Chupkov, founder of Proud Stutter, an advocacy nonprofit and podcast
Free
Presented by Nina G
show less
This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotius stand-up performance, exploring everything from the Disability experience to her Italian-Catholic upbringing to body image issues and more.
Integrated throughout Nina G's comedy set are are documentary-style interviews and archival footage where Nina shares her personal story of the challenges she faced growing up as a woman who stutters, and how she ultimately grew to accept herself and pursue a successful career in stand-up comedy.
This hilarious and heartfelt special is a first of its kind!
Join Nina G and the film's director Gina Chin-Davis (another woman who stutters!) for clips from the movie and discussion. Includes Q&A.
________________
What people are saying about Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted:
"Better to laugh with us than at us."
Jim Lebrecht, co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp
"This film shows Nina G as a powerful changemaker. From her high school years collaborating with faculty to get her needs met as a stuttering student with dyslexia to her gifts as a talented storyteller and stand-up comedian, Nina G is transforming society's view of disabled people one stage at a time."
~Beth A. Haller, Ph.D., author of Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World (Routledge, 2023).
"Lifting up the voices of women who stutter is extremely important, especially because it is rare to see us represented in popular culture. I've grown up only seeing mostly white men on screen, thinking there are not a lot of women out there who share similar experiences. It was not until I started Proud Stutter that I realized there are so many women who stutter and we all deserve to be heard."
Maya Chupkov, founder of Proud Stutter, an advocacy nonprofit and podcast
Free
Presented by Nina G
Event sponsored by Proud Stutter and hosted by Maya Chupkov.
This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotius stand-up performance, exploring everything from the Disability experience to her Italian-Catholic upbringing to body image issues and more.
Integrated throughout Nina G's comedy set are are documentary-style interviews and archival footage where Nina shares her personal story of the challenges she faced growing up as a woman who stutters, and how she ultimately grew to accept herself and pursue a successful career in stand-up comedy.
This hilarious and heartfelt special is a first of its kind!
Join Nina G and the film's director Gina Chin-Davis (another woman who stutters!) for clips from the movie and discussion. Includes Q&A.
________________
What people are saying about Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted:
"Better to laugh with us than at us."
Jim Lebrecht, co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp
"This film shows Nina G as a powerful changemaker. From her high school years collaborating with faculty to get her needs met as a stuttering student with dyslexia to her gifts as a talented storyteller and stand-up comedian, Nina G is transforming society's view of disabled people one stage at a time."
~Beth A. Haller, Ph.D., author of Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World (Routledge, 2023).
"Lifting up the voices of women who stutter is extremely important, especially because it is rare to see us represented in popular culture. I've grown up only seeing mostly white men on screen, thinking there are not a lot of women out there who share similar experiences. It was not until I started Proud Stutter that I realized there are so many women who stutter and we all deserve to be heard."
Maya Chupkov, founder of Proud Stutter, an advocacy nonprofit and podcast
Free
Presented by Nina G
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This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotius stand-up performance, exploring everything from the Disability experience to her Italian-Catholic upbringing to body image issues and more.
Integrated throughout Nina G's comedy set are are documentary-style interviews and archival footage where Nina shares her personal story of the challenges she faced growing up as a woman who stutters, and how she ultimately grew to accept herself and pursue a successful career in stand-up comedy.
This hilarious and heartfelt special is a first of its kind!
Join Nina G and the film's director Gina Chin-Davis (another woman who stutters!) for clips from the movie and discussion. Includes Q&A.
________________
What people are saying about Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted:
"Better to laugh with us than at us."
Jim Lebrecht, co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary, Crip Camp
"This film shows Nina G as a powerful changemaker. From her high school years collaborating with faculty to get her needs met as a stuttering student with dyslexia to her gifts as a talented storyteller and stand-up comedian, Nina G is transforming society's view of disabled people one stage at a time."
~Beth A. Haller, Ph.D., author of Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World (Routledge, 2023).
"Lifting up the voices of women who stutter is extremely important, especially because it is rare to see us represented in popular culture. I've grown up only seeing mostly white men on screen, thinking there are not a lot of women out there who share similar experiences. It was not until I started Proud Stutter that I realized there are so many women who stutter and we all deserve to be heard."
Maya Chupkov, founder of Proud Stutter, an advocacy nonprofit and podcast
Free
Presented by Nina G
show less
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