The Language You Cry In (1998)

7.0/10 • 53 min • Documentary

Overview

THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone.

Cast

Vertamae Grosvenor

Self - Narrator (voice)

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