The story of one man's dream to become a stand-up comedian in a week. This film follows a man named Angus Guberman as he prepares his first stand-up comedy routine for a local open mic night. He has absolutely no experience. Shot over the course of one week in May 2015, Guberman (Character of Persistence) is a documentary film exploring what it means to be persistent when faced with almost certain failure.
This film was shot on no budget with the Canon PowerShot S100, a point-and-shoot camera. Guberman is the true story of persistence.