Spit It Out
Directed by Jonathan Skurnik54minDocumental
7.2
A funny and poignant portrait of Jeff Shames' successful efforts to come to terms with his stutter and his family's legacy of denial. Jeff's father is intolerant of and rageful towards his son's imperfections, while his mother never discusses her own childhood stutter. As a teenager, Jeff turns to alcohol and drugs to mask his shame, and eventually marries an alcoholic who interacts with the outside world for him. After his wife gets sober, Jeff discovers the stuttering self-help community and embarks on a healing journey of sobriety, self-acceptance and forgiveness.
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Spit It Out was directed by Jonathan Skurnik.
Spit It Out has a runtime of 54min.
Spit It Out was produced by Elisa DeCarlo, Jeff Shames, Jonathan Skurnik.
A funny and poignant portrait of Jeff Shames' successful efforts to come to terms with his stutter and his family's legacy of denial. Jeff's father is intolerant of and rageful towards his son's imperfections, while his mother never discusses her own childhood stutter. As a teenager, Jeff turns to alcohol and drugs to mask his shame, and eventually marries an alcoholic who interacts with the outside world for him. After his wife gets sober, Jeff discovers the stuttering self-help community and embarks on a healing journey of sobriety, self-acceptance and forgiveness.
The key characters in Spit It Out are Self (John Ahlbach), Self (Elisa DeCarlo), Self (Sybil Kannery).
Spit It Out is a Documental film.
Spit It Out has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.