What would it be like if your parents
put you in a school where the teacher
spoke a foreign language?
Speaking
in Tongues uses this scenario to explore the provocative
notion that being bilingual can be a national asset. Taking us beyond
rote arguments and stereotypes, this intimate film witnesses the joys
and challenges of four diverse children on their journey to become
global citizens. Enter their world and ask, today is knowing one
language enough?
You'll be charmed and challenged by 2009's San Francisco International
Film Festival Audience Award winner.
The
Audience Award for Best
Documentary Feature (SFIFF)
Honorable
Mention - Columbus International Film Festival
Official
Selection - Independent Feature Project (IFP)
Official Selection
- San
Francisco
International Film Festival (SFIFF)
Nominee - IFP / Fledgling
Award for
Socially Conscious Documentary
Selected
-
Working Films Content + Intent Residency at Mass MoCa
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
February 3, 2010 to February 9, 2010 http://www.miffindia.in
SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL http://www.slofilmfest.org/2009/index.shtml
Downtown Center Cinema | Saturday March 13 at 1 p.m
1025 Monterey Street
La Perla Del Mar in Shell Beach | Sunday March 14 at 1 p.m.
205 Windward Ave in Shell Beach, CA
San
Francisco International Film Festival Temescal Street Cinema California Documentary
Festival New Orleans Film Festival United Nations
Association Film Festival San Diego Asian Film
Festival Rocky
Mountain Women's Film Festival Mumbai International Film
Festival
34th Cleveland International Film Festival
REVIEWS
"An illuminating lens into the
increasingly relevant topic of multilingualism in a globalized world."
—NorthWest
Film Forum
"A story
about human aspirations and how language
divides and combines...really moving. "
—-John
Wranovics
Author,
Agee and Chaplin
"Speaks
directly to one of the important issues facing our diverse society."
—-Laurie Olsen Executive
Director, California Tomorrow
"Provide[s]
valuable insight into the issues and challenges that schools across
America are facing."
—-Brett Lovejoy, Executive
Director, American
Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages
"Moving, informative and
fascinating to watch."
—-Jennifer
Austin, Ph.D., Department
of Classical
and Modern Languages,
Rutgers University
"This
is an education, opportunity, and human development issue--but
it's also a diplomatic and national security issue."
—-Heidi
Swarts, Ph.D.,
Department of Political Science, Rutgers University
“Offers
a powerful
vision of what bilingualism looks
like.”
—-Francisca
Sanchez Associate
Superintendent, San Francisco Public Schools
