Selected Film
In an English-dominant world, can a pair of Latinx twins learn English without losing their Spanish? Twin Tongues/Lenguas gemelas explores migration, languages, and power through a Puerto Rican-Peruvian family when their twins enter first grade. Shot in Philadelphia (United States), Puerto Rico, and Peru, this nonfiction film celebrates multilingualism as it wrestles with the choices that speakers make in relation to their languages today.
Duration: 00:50:00
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico
Language: English, Spanish
Director(s): Iliana Pagán Teitelbaum
Writer(s):
Producer(s): Franklin Guzmán Zamora, Iliana Pagán Teitelbaum
Key Cast: Irene Atabey Guzmán Pagán, Ernesto Lautaro Guzmán Pagán
Other Credits: Animation: Annais Delgado Sánchez; Editor: José Quintana