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CodeSwitching

CodeSwitching

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 24, 2019

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

CodeSwitching

Production Companies

Interlock Media

Director

Jonathan Schwartz

Description

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.