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Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues

Credit: Andy Black/ www.speakingintonguesfilm.info

Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

San Francisco, California

In a country where most states declare English as the official language, this film will turn the issue on its head and explores how bilingualism can be a national resource. Following four students involved in an educational experiment designed to make them bilingual and biliterate, the film questions rote debates about immigration, assimilation, globalization, and what it means to be American in the 21st century.