From Over Here (On Stuttering)
2020 | 09:15 minutes | English with German subtitles | Germany
Stuttering creates gaps in language and communication. This leads to gaps in interpersonal relationships. From Over Here attempts to flip this in-group / out-group dynamic and excludes people who are lacking the gap, thus rejoicing in the possible idiosyncratic perspectives that might be more than just a defect.
The screening of this film was followed by a discussion between filmmaker Patrick Buhr and researcher Dane Henry Isaacs.
About the Filmmaker
Patrick Buhr is a filmmaker and animation artist based in Cologne, Germany. He studied philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin and media art at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. His short films range from comedic auto-fiction to absurdist surrealism and often employ playful multi-layered storytelling. They have been shown at dozens of film festivals including Tampere, Pictoplasma Berlin, Oberhausen, DOK Leipzig, Clermont Ferrand, Encounters Bristol and Slamdance.
About the Psychologist
Dane Isaacs is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University. He holds a Masters degree in psychology from the University of Cape Town. His doctoral work explores discourses of masculinities amongst young adult men in Western Cape who stutter. His research interests include psychoanalytic perspectives on disability inequality and psychological experience of disability discrimination and impairment, specifically in the context of people who stutter. In addition, he is interested in poststructuralist theories of gender, the social construction of masculinities particularly within the South African context, and the perpetration of intimate partner violence against women.
