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PatchWorks
News: Speaking in
Tongues DVDS are Here!
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"A
lively, smart, & timely film about the new globalized world"<
-Graham Leggat,
Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society
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Four
kids become bilingual in an experience
that
transforms them and
their country.
60
MINUTES, COLOR, CHAPTERED DVD
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Speaking in Tongues
DVDs have arrived, order yours now...
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Order DVDs |
Three versions of the DVD are available:
Institutional, Community, and Home -- based on the intended use. Save
20% on the Institutional
Version for
universities,
colleges, and media centers, until 10/1/9.
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About Speaking in Tongues
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Meet Durrell, Kelly, Jason, and Julian.
Four typical American kids, with one
exception.
From the first day of kindergarten, their teachers spoke
Chinese or Spanish. Why? To give them a career
edge.
To raise their academic achievement. To maintain
their home
language. Or to help communicate with their
grandparents.
You'll be charmed and amazed by
this award-winning film's insightful exploration of the rewards and
hurdles
these pioneering students face as they become bilingual.
Enter
their world, and ask yourself - today, is one language enough?
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Upcoming Screenings
Around the Country
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us and help spread the word in your community. |
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SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON
NorthWest Film Forum
Sunday, September 20, 2009
(Filmmakers present)
3:00 PM 5:00 p.m 7:00 p.m.
Panel afterward 3:00 p.m show
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TACOMA,
WASHINGTON
Pacific Lutheran University, Ingram 100
Monday, September 21 @ 5:30
p.m.
(Filmmakers present)
Free |
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KANSAS
CITY
International Film
Festival
Glenwood Arts Theatre
Overland Park, Kansas
Tuesday, September 22nd at 7:30 p.m.
EAST
PALO ALTO, CA
United
Nations Association Film Festival
Eastside
Theater
October 20, 5:40 p.m.
(Filmmakers present)
SAN DIEGO, CA
San Diego Asian Film Festival
(Filmmakers
present) |
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NEW
ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
New Orleans Film Festival
The Porch 7th
Ward Neighborhood Center
943 Pauger St.
Saturday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m.
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New
Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins C.
Diboll Circle, City Park
Monday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m.
BELLINGHAM,
WA
Pickford Film Center
October 2009
(Screening info to come.) |
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COLORADO
SPRINGS, CO Rocky Mt. Women's Film Festival
Nov. 6-8, 2009
(Screening info to come)
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INFORMATION TO
COME
Portland
- Fall 2009
Chicago
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Fall 2009
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Speaking in Tongues
Impacting Lives
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From Alyssa Herrera-Set in
Belmont-Redwood Shores, CA:
"We
used the film
as the highlight
of a community event -- to raise awareness about language
immersion. We wanted to get more people in our
community to support the idea that our school districts' should have a
language
immersion elementary school. We
had about 30 people in attendance.
Unfortunately, we didn't get too many people coming from our school
district to the event. However,
many people from other school districts, who already have language
immersion
programs came. So, members from
our school districts were able to ask them for advice on how to get our
program
going.
And, for the people in our group
who may have been on the fence about language immersion elementary
schools, the
movie gave them more reason to really commit to pushing for a language
immersion school. Overall, it was a success and I'd like to host
another event
featuring the movie."
Share Your Story
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Bring Speaking in Tongues
to Your Community
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Get
press, generate discussion, and mobilize your community.
1.
Create your own screening: Read the very useful "Host a Screening
Toolkit" developed by the "Made
in LA" filmmakers, and contact us to set up your own screening. (We're
developing our own
screening kit that should be ready later this fall.) Colleges and
universities,
public libraries, and local schools all are possible venues.
2.
Contact your local
theater: Send our web link (www.speakingintonguesfilm.info)
to your local independent film theater and ask them to program the
film. Offer to set up a post-screening panel discussion and help them
with outreach to the community. To
find the names of local independent theaters, check out the PBS website.
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Speaking in Tongues
Online
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PatchWorks
Films is a San Francisco based production and distribution
company. We
specialize in films that explore contemporary social issues through
intimate character stories, and innovative partnerships with the
constituencies working with the issues our films explore. Our
award-winning documentaries have been broadcast worldwide and have
screened at museums, film festivals, schools, universities, and
libraries. Speaking in Tongues is
PatchWorks' third feature documentary.
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