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

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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