My language is my identity

My language is my identity
Everything started with Ali Dağdeviren’s arrival in Germany.
Turkish exiled as a political refugee, Ali knew the pain of not knowing to speak
Turkish at school in his own country. As a teacher, he quickly understood the importance
of the mother tongue’s learning in a child’s growth.
Thru the director’s eyes, Süleyman Özdemir, this film shows us the humanist work of
a teachers’ association that achieves to open up the children’s minds to the world by
means of multiple languages teaching. Germany’s the first European country to have
introduced mother tongue courses in its education system.
With its universal dimension the film delivers us a message of hope in a world dealing with
the mix of cultures. A world that has to reinvent itself in order live in peace and harmony with
the respect of fundamental rights