Colours of the Alphabet

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Colours of the Alphabet (2016)

Directed by Alastair Cole

“Does the future have to be in English?”

Documentary · 1h 20m

It is estimated that 40% of the world’s population lack the opportunity to be educated in their own language. In Colours of the Alphabet we get an insight into the challenges this poses as we follow a group of first graders in Zambia – a country with 72 local languages where education is primarily offered in English.

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Crew

Director
Alastair Cole
Editor
Nick Gibbon, Colin Monie
Producer
Alastair Cole, Nick Higgins

Details

Release date
2016-02-21
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
Tongue Tied Films, Lansdowne Productions