The Language You Cry In

Documentary
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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.

Cast

Vertamae Grosvenor
Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Alvaro Toepke
Director, Writer, Editor
Ángel Serrano
Director, Editor
Harry Clegg
Adaptation
Anibal Landázuri
Editor, Camera Operator
María José Tortosa
Executive Producer
Isatu Smith
Production Assistant
Herb Frazier
Production Assistant
Charles Black
Production Assistant
Eddie Benya
Production Assistant
Miguel Romá
Sound Engineer
Leandro Sevilla
Music
Marcelo Masciadri
Music
Natalia Rubio
Translator
Patrick Kagbeni Muana
Translator
Alice Jay
Translator, Production Manager
Patrick Vázquez
Graphic Designer

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