The Mother Tongue Film Festival is hosted by Recovering Voices, an initiative of the Smithsonian founded in response to the global crisis of cultural knowledge and language loss. Visit the Mother ...

How hard-boiled language lessons from Adrienne, the motorcycle-riding author of a series of 1970s language books, turned a ...

In the film, wild and crazy grandfather Joe takes his grandson, B.J., on a college road trip, teaching him about life, ...

The annual festival will open the week of the United Nations’ International Mother Language Day (Feb. 21) and will take place in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the ...

Here's how Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth helped to reveal a universal language of images and color.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides ...

Washington Wizards assistant Adam Caporn didn’t have an answer during the game when other coaches asked: What is Will Riley doing? Riley, the No. 21 pick of the 2025 NBA draft and a promising rookie ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest is proving to be an awards season juggernaut. “The Secret Agent” won the Non-English Language Film Award at the Golden Globes on January 11, in a major indicator for ...

Thanks to my interest in international travel, I have learned how to enter a new place with humility and curiosity, how to communicate with the locals regardless of language barriers, and how to build ...

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...