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Showing 1 - 10 of 10 titles with a criteria of Subject is Languages
Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet
In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 17 minutes
The R-Word
THE R-WORD is an intimate look at the history of the word ‘retard(ed),’ cultural representation, and the challenges and triumphs of people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Women Make Movies | 2020 | 65 minutes
Silvestre Pantaleon
The story of an elderly man from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Agustin Oapan, Mexico.
Icarus Films | 2012 | 65 minutes
Speaking In Tongues
Amidst the rise of “English-only” initiatives, four diverse American students in language immersion schools open their minds to new ways of thinking
GOOD DOCS | 2009 | 56 minutes
They Are We
Anthropologist's film reunites a family 200 years after they were torn apart by the transatlantic slave trade.
Icarus Films | 2014 | 79 minutes
We Still Live Here
Tells the amazing story of the return of the Wampanoag language, a language that was silenced for more than a century.
Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 56 minutes
What If Babel Was Just a Myth?
The societies that populate the heart of the African continent form such a mosaic that it is not uncommon to meet villagers speaking six to seven languages. But how much longer will this last?
Icarus Films | 2019 | 56 minutes
Writing the Land
A meditation on language, culture, and tradition couched in the bustle of modern-day Vancouver.
National Film Board of Canada | 2008 | 8 minutes
Yiddish
Seven young scholars share their love for Yiddish, and for the avant-garde Yiddish poetry written between the World Wars.
Icarus Films | 2020 | 61 minutes
