In this new “docu-comedy,” grammar guru Ellen Jovin takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a rollicking road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time. Winner of the Audience Award for Documentary Feature at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

Ellen Jovin, grammarian, is a founder of Syntaxis, a communication skills training consultancy. She holds degrees from Harvard in German and UCLA in comparative literature, and has studied twenty-five languages just for fun.

The documentary is a companion to the 2022 national bestseller, Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian. Mary Norris, famed New Yorker grammar expert, called it, “A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher.”

7 p.m. Friday, October 3
Screening and commentary with director Brandt Johnson and star Ellen Jovin
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
Free event. No registration required.
(United States, 2025, 86 minutes, color)

Watch the trailer at
https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/rebelwithaclause