Should you watch Speak Up?
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Speak Up
Documentary · 2017
Raise the voice, speak eloquently, construct and argue a discourse. Tools so necessary in life as exciting to build. In Paris, the date of Eloquentia, an oratory contest where young people —not exactly privileged— will measure their strength, is approaching.
The sides of Speak Up
- Students from around Paris
- An eloquence contest called Eloquentia
- Weeks of training to speak in public
Speak Up is good for you if…
- you like young people finding confidence in their own voice.
- you love the power of a well-built speech.
- you like following real students from the Paris suburbs toward a speaking final.
Speak Up is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles for a film where every French word counts.
- you need more than practice sessions and speeches.
About: public speaking · confidence · social class
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