MOVIE - REBEL WITH A CLAUSE + Q&A w/Brandt Johnson & Ellen Jovin

Cross-posted with So Cal Explorers

Date: Tuesday, Oct 28 · 7:30 PM
Author book signing at 6:30

Dinner at 5:00 at 4th Street Market
201 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Venue: Address: 305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Tickets: $16.00
https://thefridacinema.org/movies/rebel-with-a-clause/

Director: Brandt Johnson Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025

Come for the grammar. Stay for the humanity. The Frida Cinema is excited to present a special screening of the new documentary Rebel With A Clause! And as an awesome bonus, grammar guru Ellen Jovin will set up her grammar advice stand at the theater starting at 6:30 to take your grammar questions, resolve long-standing grammar disputes, and listen to any tales of grammar woe. Please also stick around after the screening for a Q&A with director Brandt Johnson and Ellen, who will sign copies of her national bestseller!

One fall day, Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on a Manhattan sidewalk with a homemade sign that said “Grammar Table.” Right away, passersby began excitedly asking questions, telling stories, and filing complaints. What happened next is the stuff of grammar legend.

Ellen and her filmmaker husband, Brandt Johnson, took the table on the road, visiting all 50 states as Brandt shot the grammar action. Media outlets across the country celebrated the adventures of the Grammar Table in over 100 print, radio, and television stories. People from every imaginable background visited the table to share a laugh, settle disputes, and talk about their grammar insecurities. These conversations took place in small towns and big cities, by bookstores and coffee shops, on beaches and mountainsides.

But this story transcends grammar. It’s the story of an epic quest to bring us all closer together. In a time of social and political division, the Grammar Table is a place of unity and connection. The conversations at the table help answer the question “How can we all get along?”