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)
Directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
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coco
i also had to watch this for an anthropology class. pretty interesting and a good little capture of the 80s - i wish they had interviewed a wider variety of people to be honest . not super special but definitely intriguing
i also had to watch this for an anthropology class. pretty interesting and a good little capture of the 80s - i wish they had interviewed a wider variety of people to be honest . not super special but definitely intriguing
