SpeakEasy is a documentary film about the fear of public speaking, and the 2008 Toastmasters World Championships of Public Speaking. Filmmakers Paul Galichia and Brian Weidling embarked on an almost two year journey – conducting hundreds of interviews about public speaking anxiety, and capturing every stage of the tense, highly competitive World Championships of Public Speaking.
We’ve met so many amazing people and seen so many interesting places on this continent, I think back and it seems a little surreal to have made such an odd, fascinating, arduous journey. Williston North Dakota. Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Erie Pennsylvania. Vegas. Homeless shelters. Angola State Penitentiary. Magicians. I’ll rattle on as we recount the adventure and get ready to release the film. We’ll have pictures and videos and blog posts and communities and message boards and Tweets and favorite links and all things public speaking…. and, of course, at some point soon, the film itself.