Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

KQED TOWN HALL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO

Free film screening of SPEAKING IN TONGUES with panel discussion

Thursday, September 2, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

KQED, 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco

Panelists include:

Kevin Chávez

Dual Immersion / Special Education Supervisor

Hydra Mendoza

School Board Member and Mayor Newsom’s Education Advisor

Lissa Kim

Korean Dual Immersion Teacher

Dr. Ling-chi Wang

Co-Founder of the first Chinese Immersion program in the U.S. and

Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider

Filmmakers, Speaking in Tongues

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to: http://speakingintongues.eventbrite.com/

Speaking in Tongues is an hour-long PBS documentary airing in September on KQED and across the country. It follows four diverse San Francisco immersion school students and their parents on their path to become bilingual.  Winner of the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

SPEAKING IN TONGUES — 4 kids, 4 languages, 1 city, 1 world
Watch the trailer: http://www.speakingintonguesfilm.info
AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY
San Francisco International Film Festival
COMING TO PBS  FALL 2010

PATCHWORKS FILMS
Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider, Filmmakers
415.387.5912

http://www.patchworksfilms.net