CodeSwitching (2019)

overview : CodeSwitching is a mash-up of personal stories from three generations of African American students who participated in a landmark voluntary desegregation program. Shuttling between their inner-city Boston neighborhoods and predominantly white suburban schools in pursuit of a better education, they find themselves swapping elements of culture, language, and behavior to fit in with their suburban counterparts – Often acting or speaking differently based on their surroundings, called code-switching.

Release Date : Jun 24, 2019

Runtime : 55m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Interlock Media

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : identity, sociology, linguistics, african american studies