Linguistics Movies

  • 2020
    To Save a Language

    To Save a Language

    To Save a Language

    02020HD

    Linguist Indrek Park has been working with Native American languages for over ten years. The film sees him recording the language of the Mandan...

    To Save a Language
  • 1991
    Involuntary Conversion

    Involuntary Conversion

    Involuntary Conversion

    01991HD

    This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak"...

    Involuntary Conversion
  • 1976
    The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

    The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

    The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

    91976HD

    This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...

    The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
  • 1987
    American Tongues

    American Tongues

    American Tongues

    71987HD

    Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak....

    American Tongues
  • 1970
    A vouezh uhel

    A vouezh uhel

    A vouezh uhel

    01970HD

    A vouezh uhel
  • 1985
    Yeah You Rite!

    Yeah You Rite!

    Yeah You Rite!

    81985HD

    This award winning film is a fast paced, humorous look at the colorful way the residents of New Orleans express themselves - why they talk the way...

    Yeah You Rite!
  • 1995
    Anton Habovštiak - Oravským chodníčkom...

    Anton Habovštiak - Oravským chodníčkom...

    Anton Habovštiak - Oravským chodníčkom...

    01995HD

    Anton Habovštiak - Oravským chodníčkom...
  • 1970
    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    01970HD

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues is a tribute and call to action for linguistic diversity. A 15-minute motion poem (poem on film), each line comes from...

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues