About this Video

Phonebooth is an ode to connection and conversation. In elementary school, my stutter was so overwhelming I barely spoke until middle school. Around 5th grade, I started studying conversation – how it moves, pauses, and how it makes two people look like one.

I chose to tell Phonebooth because I’m still obsessed with that space between people: the awkwardness, the humor, the fear, the tenderness. I know what it’s like to be on the outside of a conversation, so I want to make something intimate and real enough that it feels like you’re on the other end of the line.

Creator

Corey Sabhlok

Creator

Corey recently graduated from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

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