Movies: Language
- 2002
R-Rated (2002)
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A teacher attempts to teach his students to properly enunciate the letter 'R'....
- 2023
Grape Soda in the Parking Lot (2023)
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Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in flowers? Taqralik’s grandmother’s Scottish Gaelic and her father’s Inuktitut unfold in memories of her family, of...
- 2016
Colours of the Alphabet (2016)
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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...
- 2020
The English Teacher (2020)
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Robert Brammel, a private English teacher who develops an unusual relationship with a new student....
- 2021
Thima it (2021)
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- 2025
Words From Home (2025)
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WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through migrants' stories and their reflections, the movie reveals how expressions, accents and memories form emoti...
- 2023
Empire of My Melodious Mind (2023)
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Be. Belonging. Words on vintage flash cards shuffle past in a stream-of-consciousness that shows the mind working, assigning labels and names to things through love and language. In the space of a moment, perception embarks on an epic journey of tong...
- 2010
Cry Rock (2010)
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The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the intersection of story, place and culture....
- 2022
Byaase Sunucha (2022)
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A Carefree Artist confronts The Pioneer of Odia literature Byaasakabi Fakir Mohan, to lament about the current state of the Odia Language and how it has been looked down upon by the elites of the state. Will his voice be heard?...
- 2020
From Over Here (2020)
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This is a film about stuttering. Dedicated only to some of you. Oh, and it's also about pigeons, cat callers, apple trees, Goethe's Faust, forests, bridges, words, letters, DNA, benches, shopping streets, worms, symbols, computers, fallen trees and g...
- 1962
Comprehensive School (1962)
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The joys of 1960s modern education - as seen at a not-exactly-typical local comp....
- 2017
The Art of Nôm (2017)
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The Art of Nom explores an ancient and nearly extinct Vietnamese script called Chu Nom and the five scholarly artists known as Zenei, Gang of Five. The beauty, heritage and emotion of the Chu Nom characters inspire Zenei’s art. The film also examines...
- 2023
dadme la muerte que me falta (2023)
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- 2016
Talkers (2016)
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The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spoken in Riga and central parts of Latvia - not featured in the film. In intimate surroundings, a farmer, a schoolteacher, and a ...
- 1977
Cree Way (1977)
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This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree folklore, photographs, artifacts, and books that were written and printed in the community. Made as ...
- 2024
Omegäng (2024)
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How is our dialect faring in the globalized age? When the "railroad age" began 160 years ago, Switzerland feared that High German would supplant the dialect. The opposite has happened. The dialect persists and continues to blossom....
- 2019
Gyani Maiya (2019)
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“We left our language and started speaking others’. The girls have got married and have left for the villages. Boys are getting married in villages. It should be taught to children”. — Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda The Gi Mihaq (also known as Kusunda) wa...
- 2000
The Gentle Sounding Of Livonians A Week Before The End Of The World (2000)
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A story about the Livonian (Liv) language going extinct, and about the people still trying to keep it alive....
- 2018
Trillium (2018)
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There are about 250 people with a unique ancestry. Livonians – one of the smallest and most endangered nations. Each of Livonians has a duty to preserve their identity and the great history of their ancestors. Trillium follows the footsteps of a poet...
- 2012
Lon Marum (2012)
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A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, on the island of Ambrym....