POV · SEASON 1

American Tongues

Episode 2 · 1988-07-05

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Episode overview

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. From Boston Brahmins to Black Louisiana teenagers, from Texas cowboys to New York professionals, American Tongues elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments on American English in all its diversity.

60 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. Acting Our Age1988-07-05 2. American Tongues1988-07-05 3. Fire From the Mountain1988-07-12 4. Knocking on Armageddon's Door1988-07-19 5. Living with AIDS1988-07-19 6. Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo1988-08-02 7. The Good Fight1988-08-09 8. Louie Bluie1988-08-23 9. Gates of Heaven1988-08-30 10. Best Boy1988-09-06 11. Rate It X1988-07-26 12. Metropolitan Avenue1988-08-16