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The Language You Cry In

1998Directed by Ángel Serrano, Alvaro Toepke

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Kanopy

Released: January 1, 1998
Runtime: 53m

About The Language You Cry In

Documentary

Synopsis

THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone.

Directors: Ángel Serrano
Alvaro Toepke
Writers: Alvaro Toepke
Harry Clegg

Principal cast

In billing order

Vertamae GrosvenorSelf - Narrator (voice)

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