Our Languages

Name: Our Languages
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 20 min

Part of the Indians in Brazil series, Our Languages relates the historic repression of indigenous languages in Brazil. Many Indian languages were nearly lost thanks to missionaries and merchants - who rewarded Indians for learning Portuguese with status and material gifts - and government-sponsored schools that punished children for speaking in their native tongues.

Runtime: 20 min
Genres: Documentary
Certification: NO
Country, language: BR · PT

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