language and communication movies

The N Word (2006)
6.6 / 10

Documentary

The film explores the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...

The Anti-Vax Conspiracy (2021)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Who are the people behind the international anti-Covid-vaccine movement and why are they doing it? This journey inside the astonishing world of the...

In My Blood It Runs (2019)
8 / 10

Documentary

The story of Dujuan, a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy living in Alice Springs, Australia, who is struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa...

Mandatory Swedish (2017)
2 / 10

Comedy

A story about a relationship with problems. She is upset at how Swedish speaking Finns are treated in their home country. He is seriously...

The Universal Language (2011)
8 / 10

Documentary

The Universal Language is a new documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground). This 30-minute film traces the...

Notes (2019)
10 / 10

Drama

A blind man and a mute girl are in a room. How will they communicate?

Esperanto (2011)
10 / 10

Documentary, History

This film, directed by Dominique GAUTIER, takes the viewer on a worldwide excursion into the history and structure of the Esperanto language,...

Disappearing (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

In southern Carinthia, about ninety percent of all inhabitants spoke Slovenian before 1910. Today it is on average a single digit percentage. In this...

This Is Not About Me (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

This Is Not About Me tells the story of Jordyn Zimmerman. Jordyn dreamt of becoming a teacher. She started out eager to learn at school, but she was...

American Spoken Here (1940)
0 / 10

History

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.

Speechless (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

Richard Alwyn's intensely moving film, inspired by the experience of his brother-in-law, follows two stroke survivors who can no longer take language...

The Car Wash (2010)
8 / 10

Drama

An elderly woman (Edith Ivey) visits the local car wash and lube to connect with the world closing in around her.

Plena Rondo (1969)
10 / 10

Documentary, Adventure

A Woman Like Me (2017)
9 / 10

Documentary

A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange....