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Land of 167 Languages
Episode 27

Land of 167 Languages

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.

Documentary of the Week

November 6, 20151m 48s

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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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