Grape Soda in the Parking Lot
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Taqralik Partridge asks what if every language that had been lost to English — every word, every syllable — grew up out of the ground in flowers? Taqralik’s grandmother’s Scottish Gaelic and her father’s Inuktitut unfold in memories of her family, of pain, and of love.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2023-05-02
Runtime: 8 mins
Director: Megan Kyak-Monteith, Taqraliq Partridge
Writer: Taqraliq Partridge
Spoken language: English
Genres: Animation, Documentary
Original title: Grape Soda in the Parking Lot
Production Companies: CBC
Production Countries: Canada
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