Language Movies

  • 2021
    Fox & Penguin

    Fox & Penguin

    Fox & Penguin

    102021HD

    How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This...

    Fox & Penguin
  • 1980
    Poto and Cabengo

    Poto and Cabengo

    Poto and Cabengo

    6.81980HD

    Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.

    Poto and Cabengo
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    02010HD

    The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the...

    Cry Rock
  • 2020
    The English Teacher

    The English Teacher

    The English Teacher

    72020HD

    Robert Brammel, a private English teacher who develops an unusual relationship with a new student.

    The English Teacher
  • 2002
    R-Rated

    R-Rated

    R-Rated

    02002HD

    A teacher attempts to teach his students to properly enunciate the letter 'R'.

    R-Rated
  • 2004
    Language Does Not Lie

    Language Does Not Lie

    Language Does Not Lie

    82004HD

    Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts of his wife, he survived the war. From 1933 when...

    Language Does Not Lie
  • 2021
    Thima it

    Thima it

    Thima it

    02021HD

    Thima it
  • 2025
    Words From Home

    Words From Home

    Words From Home

    102025HD

    WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through...

    Words From Home
  • 2007
    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land

    02007HD

    In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the...

    Writing the Land
  • 2020
    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    02020HD

    An Asian film crew’s attemptsat making a film while navigating the strict laws of filming in the UK. They don’t have a budget or enough...

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film
  • 2023
    Talk

    Talk

    Talk

    102023HD

    In a world embracing change, Ajeng distances herself from her Javanese roots. She explores the consequences as she grapples with the clash between...

    Talk
  • 2012
    Lon Marum

    Lon Marum

    Lon Marum

    02012HD

    A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in...

    Lon Marum
  • 2020
    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century

    62020HD

    Ulivia explores what is accessible via the Internet in relation to Inuktitut. A complex language with several dialects which varies from one...

    Inuit Languages in the 21st Century
  • 2018
    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    02018HD

    “When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the...

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language
  • 2017
    Keep Talking

    Keep Talking

    Keep Talking

    82017HD

    Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language, Kodiak Alutiiq, and ensure the future of their culture while confronting their...

    Keep Talking
  • 2006
    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    72006HD

    The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

    The Wind Blows Round
  • 2023
    dadme la muerte que me falta

    dadme la muerte que me falta

    dadme la muerte que me falta

    102023HD

    dadme la muerte que me falta
  • 2023
    Empire of My Melodious Mind

    Empire of My Melodious Mind

    Empire of My Melodious Mind

    02023HD

    Be. Belonging. Words on vintage flash cards shuffle past in a stream-of-consciousness that shows the mind working, assigning labels and names to...

    Empire of My Melodious Mind
  • 2018
    In Between

    In Between

    In Between

    52018HD

    Osman can understand his mother tongue, Kurdish, but cannot speak it, and he speaks Turkish, which happens to be his second language, but cannot...

    In Between
  • 2015
    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    02015HD

    "Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...

    Mother Tongue