Director: | Louis Alvarez Andy Kolker |
Starring: | Molly Ivins Robert Klein Trey Wilson |
Narrated: | Polly Holliday |
Music: | Dr. John |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Louis Alvarez Andy Kolker |
Runtime: | 56 minutes |
Company: | Center for New American Media |
American Tongues is a 1988 sociolinguistic documentary examining American English dialects and accents and perceptions thereof.
It was produced and directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. The Center for New American Media won a Peabody Award for the film in 1987. It aired on the first season of the PBS series POV in 1988.