Colours of the Alphabet

Name: Colours of the Alphabet
Director: Alastair Cole
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-02-21

Does the future have to be in English?

2016 · 80 min · Documentary

It is estimated that 40% of the world’s population lack the opportunity to be educated in their own language. In Colours of the Alphabet we get an insight into the challenges this poses as we follow a group of first graders in Zambia – a country with 72 local languages where education is primarily offered in English.

Directed by Alastair Cole

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