Watch Speaking in Tongues

Durrell's first day of school is just like any US student's --except that his teacher speaks only Chinese! This charming documentary follows 4 diverse students as they experience the delights and challenges of becoming bilingual and biliterate in public school language immersion programs. We see how speaking more than one language transforms them, their families and communities, and their futures.

Speaking in Tongues is a 2009 documentary with a runtime of 56 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.0.