Speak. (2025)
1h 44m
Running Time
January 23, 2025Release Date
Speak. (2025)
1h 44m
Running Time
January 23, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world's largest and most intense public speaking competitions.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jennifer Tiexiera
Producer / Director / Editor
Guy Mossman
Producer / Director / Director of Photography
Josh Gad
Executive Producer
Hallee Adelman
Executive Producer
Dawn Bonder
Executive Producer
Marci Wiseman
Executive Producer
Daniel J. Chalfen
Executive Producer
Simon Kilmurry
Executive Producer
Pamela Louise Griner
Producer
Christoph Baaden
Executive Producer
Abby Ellin
Executive Producer
Jamie Wolf
Co-Executive Producer
Nathalie Seaver
Co-Executive Producer
Osei Essed
Original Music Composer
Lauren Lexton
Executive Producer
Lisa Hepner
Executive Producer
Delaney Lynch
Editor
Emilia Stubbs-Grigoriou
Assistant Editor
Alex Bohs
Additional Editor
Joseph Wolfe
Executive Producer
Polly Wolfe
Executive Producer
Toby Nalbandian
Executive Producer
Gregory Schmidt
Executive Producer
Sean Bradley
Executive Producer
Michael Sugar
Co-Executive Producer
Neil Berkeley
Co-Executive Producer
Orly Ravid
Co-Producer
J. Todd Harris
Executive Producer
Jenny Warburg
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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 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.