Land of 167 Languages

Documentary of the Week | Nov 6, 2015

Locals says there are precisely 167 languages spoken in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. Legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman brings his cameras to this diverse neighborhood in a three-hour-plus documentary. Wiseman will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the DOC NYC festival this month for his 48 years of filmmaking.

-- Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen 

For more information, click here to visit the film web page.

 

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