American Tongues (1988)
- Directed by
- Andrew Kolker, Louis Alvarez
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines different American English dialects and accents. It explores how people speak across the United States and the attitudes others have toward those ways of speaking.
educationalobservationalthoughtfulconversationalmatter-of-factinformativeengaging
What happens
American Tongues is a 1988 sociolinguistic documentary examining American English dialects and accents and perceptions thereof. It was produced and directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. The Center for New American Media won a Peabody Award for the film in 1987. It aired on the first season of the PBS series POV in 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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