American Tongues (1987)
A film about the way we talk
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)
- Date of release
- 1987-06-24
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker
Interesting facts
American Tongues is a 1988 sociolinguistic documentary examining American English dialects and accents and perceptions thereof.
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