The Universal Language (2011)
- Directed by
- Sam Green
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 29 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 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 short documentary tells the story of Esperanto, an invented language meant to unite people. It uses old footage and interviews with current speakers to show the language's history and its ideals.
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What happens
The Universal Language (Esperanto: La Universala Lingvo) is a 2011 short documentary film on the Esperanto language and the movement around it. Using much archive footage from the language's early days, as well as interviews with Esperantists today, the film constructs a linear narrative of Esperanto's history and goals. The film, directed by Sam Green, won the 2012 Ashland Independent Film Festival award for Juried Best Short Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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