The Language You Cry In
1998•7.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Alvaro Toepke
Writer
Alvaro Toepke
Cast
Vertamae Grosvenor
Self - Narrator (voice)
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