Speak (2025)

Original title

Speak.

Directed by

Guy Mossman, Jennifer Tiexiera

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

15

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows five high school students as they prepare for and compete at a national speech and debate tournament. Their speeches tackle personal and political topics including anti-LGBTQ legislation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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What happens

Speak (stylized as Speak.) is a 2025 American documentary film directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman. It follows five students who prepare for and participate in high school speech and debate competitions, specifically the 2024 NSDA National tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. The students' lives and speeches cover a range of topics from Anti-LGBTQ legislation to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025 in the U.S. Documentary Competition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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