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American Tongues (1987)
Directed by Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker
“A film about the way we talk”
Documentary · 57m
Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak. From Boston Brahmins to Black Louisiana teenagers, from Texas cowboys to New York professionals, American Tongues elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments on American English in all its diversity. (PBS)
Crew
- Director
- Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker
- Writer
- Lora Myers, Anderson Ferrell
Details
- Release date
- 1987-06-24
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Center for New American Media