Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Center for New American Media
American Tongues on the Web:Official Website
American Tongues (1988)
"A film about the way we talk"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorsAndrew KolkerLouis Alvarez
WritersAnderson Ferrell
Plot
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)
