Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

Name: Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i
Director: Marlene Booth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-10-18
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Kanalu Young, Lee Tonouchi, Teresa Lau, Keith Kashiwada

2009 · 57 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of your accent? "Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i" addresses these questions through its lively examination of Pidgin - the language spoken by over half of Hawai'i's people.

Directed by Marlene Booth

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Kanalu Young
Lee Tonouchi
Teresa Lau
Keith Kashiwada Narrator

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