Laura Holliday

The film follows a woman who has a chance to reflect on her life when a wormhole opens upon David Bowie’s death.

Holly, an uncultured, southern teenager, tries to fit in an elite arts boarding school in California.

When her emotionally distant father dies and leaves her his company, a 20 something, hapless stand up comic must move to LA to take over the family business and try to win her father's approval, even after his death.

When her emotionally distant father dies and leaves her his company, a 20 something, hapless stand up comic must move to LA to take over the family business and try to win her father's approval, even after his death.

Disfluency is a short film that follows a young woman through her daily life, from her passive usage of the phrase "I'm sorry," to her being raped and the emotional aftermath. All the while, this habit of apologizing eerily stays with her throughout, begging the question: have we let rape become a cultural disfluency - an expected, almost unnoticeable interruption-in our culture?

Holly, an uncultured, southern teenager, tries to fit in an elite arts boarding school in California.

Holly, an uncultured, southern teenager, tries to fit in an elite arts boarding school in California.