Welcome to the media store of the North Carolina Language and Life Project at NC State University, featuring award-winning documentary films and audio recordings, related books and other projects.
Whats New? / Featured Products
NEW IN 2010! In this new collection, three films are made available on DVD for
the first time. DVD includes:
INDIAN BY BIRTH: THE LUMBEE DIALECT
(27 minutes)
Stripped of their heritage language generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Southeastern North Carolina carved out a unique dialect of English to maintain their distinctive cultural identity. HYDE TALK: THE LANGUAGE AND LAND OF HYDE COUNTY, NC (25 minutes) Hyde County in Eastern North Carolina has long been a destination for hunters, fishermen, and wildlife enthusiasts. Hyde Talk reveals that it is also home to distinctive regional speech, culture and identity. THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER (27 minutes)* Settled by freed slaves in 1865 and incorporated in 1885, Princeville, NC is among the oldest towns in the United States founded entirely by African-Americans. Princeville’s survival through racial prejudice, economic hardships, and devastating floods is an illuminating, and previously untold, chapter of American history. * half-hour broadcast version; the original, full-length version of This Side of the River is also available on DVD $20.00 |
THE NC LANGUAGE & LIFE PROJECT is an outreach effort of the NCSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences
