Když po celém světě přistanou tajemné vesmírné lodě, dojde k sestavení elitního týmu – v čele s odbornicí na lingvistiku Louise Banksovou – s cílem zjistit, jaké mají mimozemšťané úmysly. Zatímco celé lidstvo balancuje na pokraji globální války, Banksová se společně se svým týmem pokouší ve velmi omezeném čase najít odpovědi – a aby je byla schopna najít, bude muset přistoupit k činům, které mohou ohrozit nejen její vlastní život, ale dost možná osud celého lidstva.
Ron Burgundy se s manželkou Veronicou a synem Walterem přestěhovali ze San Diega do New Yorku, kde si žijí na vysoké noze. Když se však šéf rozhodne povýšit Veronicu na moderátorku hlavní zpravodajské relace a Ron zůstane na dlažbě, všechno se změní. Zhrzený Ron míří zpátky do San Diega, kde pracuje na částečný úvazek v Podmořském světě. Pak ale přichází vykoupení v podobě muže jménem Freddie Schapp, který je výkonným producentem ve společnosti Global News Network - hlavního čtyřiadvacetihodinového zpravodajského kanálu. Ten najme Rona, aby dal znovu dohromady celý zpravodajský tým ve složení Champ, Brick a Brian, s nimiž se vrací dobýt New York, kde se musí popasovat s nočními směnami a velkou výzvou. Ron přijde s převratným novým nápadem jak změnit podobu zpráv, čímž se dostane zpátky do vrcholové hry.
Po bezprecedentní globální pandemii, která změnila většinu lidstva na násilné "infikované", člověk nadaný schopností mluvit novým jazykem infikovaných, vede poslední přeživší na lov Pacienta Zero a k nalezení léku.
Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.
The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled there with his young wife and their three children to produce goat cheese, in order to escape the wrongs of civilization. At first they are suspicious of his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, then are conquered by the enthusiasm, kindness, helpfulness of the young family and start to see in them a possible rebirth of the place. But little by little misunderstandings, envy and conflicts take over.
Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activist actions, and artistic interventions, they analyze the importance of language in the way we understand the world. The documentary includes analysis from more than 20 international experts and leaders in the fields of political communication and information.
From A for accent to Z for zero - everything you wanted to know about the English language.
A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childhood and experiences.
Yu Ming is bored of his life in China and decides to go to Ireland. He studies the language, but is dismayed to find that no one understands him when he gets there.
A surreal trip into the world of an extremely long german word.
A Carefree Artist confronts The Pioneer of Odia literature Byaasakabi Fakir Mohan, to lament about the current state of the Odia Language and how it has been looked down upon by the elites of the state. Will his voice be heard?
Come back to this day, next year. Ain't nothing, chief.
In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to himself…and his best friend.
They just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbs, Brazilians Tunisians, Chinese and Senegalese ... For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed talks, conflicts and joys of this group of students aged 11 to 15 years, together in the same class to learn French.
Despite an unrivaled talent for communicating, Jake has trouble talking to women. When an impossible situation presents itself, Jake ignores the signs and goes on a wild goose-chase to pursue his quest for love. When his plan is foiled, a new best friend helps him finally express himself successfully to a woman – without uttering a single word.
The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.
The Universal Language is a new documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground). This 30-minute film traces the history of Esperanto, an artificial language that was created in the late 1800s by a Polish eye doctor who believed that if everyone in the world spoke a common tongue, humanity could overcome racism and war. Fittingly, the word “Esperanto” means “one who hopes.” During the early 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people around the world spoke Esperanto and believed in its ideals. Today, surprisingly, a vibrant Esperanto movement still exists. In this first-ever documentary about Esperanto, Green creates a portrait of the language and those who speak it today that is at once humorous, poignant, stirring, and ultimately hopeful.
The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers.
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
How is our dialect faring in the globalized age? When the "railroad age" began 160 years ago, Switzerland feared that High German would supplant the dialect. The opposite has happened. The dialect persists and continues to blossom.