When I Stutter Film with John Gomez (Live #6))
We reconnect with our good friend John Gomez, SLP and filmmaker. Not so long ago, in June2019 we hosted John in NYC for a weekend including film screening and panel, followed by some concentrated time eating quinoa and taking long walks in conversation with Phil Schneider and Uri Schneider through the deep woods of Riverdale, NY, followed by short-long drive to Newark, NJ to catch his flight back to Los Angeles, California.
Without further adieu, click to listen-in to this incredible conversation.
(Scroll further down for more about John, including trailer to his acclaimed film, When I Stutter.)
In this conversation, we cover topics ranging coast-to-coast, NYC-LA.
John’s next film
Filmmaking and film as a process of art and communication
Ways to use film to touch lives and change the social fabric of society
Normalizing differences like stuttering and much more.
We mention many organizations and colleagues doing incredible things across the country.
John talks about Dr. Phil Schneider and his impact on John’s career and filmmaking
John talks about Transcending Stuttering and Going with the Flow.
John Gomez moonlights as a filmmaker. His days are spent as a Speech Pathologist for the Los Angeles Unified School District and as part-time faculty at California State University teaching a graduate-level course on stuttering.
Born and raised in Northern New Mexico, John attended Colorado College where he earned a degree in Philosophy and American Ethnic Studies. He originally moved to Los Angeles to become an actor but disillusionment with the industry-led John to a career in Speech Pathology. In 2009, he graduated from California State Los Angeles University with a master’s degree in Communication Disorders.
John’s first feature film, WHEN I STUTTER, premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival in April of 2017. WHEN I STUTTER has been admired for its ability to effectively raise awareness about people who stutter and their challenges in life. The film has won 7 awards, been an official selection in over 15 film festivals with over 100 screenings worldwide. In 2017, John was honored with the Emerging Filmmaker Award from the prestigious Chagrin Documentary Film Festival.
Click here for more about John, and the movie “When I Stutter.”
When I Stutter (Trailer)
WHEN I STUTTER is a 7 time award winning documentary with 100 screenings worldwide. The film reveals the humanity that exists within an often mysterious malady. Over the course of 4.5 years, 19 people shared stories about how stuttering has impacted their lives. These stories run the gamut of human emotion… Some are dark, some are funny and others are triumphant! Additionally, there are “educational vignettes” interspersed throughout the documentary that help illuminate some of the mysteries and questions that surround stuttering. A vital storyline in this film follows a young man on his journey through stuttering therapy. The relationship that he forms with the speech-language pathologist and the progress that he makes is truly heartwarming. It demonstrates the wonder and beauty that can occur when one meets the right person at the right stage in life!