Language is the Key

How important is one’s mother-tongue?

Language is the Key — Plot

This documentary is constructed in two parts. Part one deals with the suppression of other ‘minority’ cultures, part two looks at the ways these cultures are fighting back. The film includes contributions from Prof. Stuart Hall (The Open University), Prof, Bikkhu Parekh (Commission for Racial Equality), Prof. Gwyn Williams (Historian/Author), Benjamin Zephaniah (Poet), teachers and children, with experiences of Gujarati, Caribbean, Creole and Welsh.

• Release date
• January 1, 1985
• Runtime
• 39 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Yugesh Walia

Language is the Key — Cast

B

Bhikhu Parekh Himself Benjamin Zephaniah Himself Stuart Hall Himself

G

Gwyn A. Williams Himself Shelley King Narrator