Brève histoire d'une langue
By: Eva Production, les Piérides, la Mission 2000 en France, TV5 présentent un film de Benoît Peeters.
Contributors: Peeters, Benoît.; Mayo, Vic de.; Cerquiglini, Bernard.; Klinkenberg, Jean-Marie, 1944-; Diagne-Bonané,  Andrée-Marie.; Eva Production (Firm).; Piérides (Firm).; Mission 2000 en France (Firm).; TV5 (France).; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm).; Film Media Group (Firm).
Series: Tuparles!?; That Surprising French Language!
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: fre
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: French language -- To 1300; French language -- Middle French, 1300-1600; French language -- Spoken French.; French language -- History and criticism.
Other titles: Short story of France's epic language : in French.
Description: From medieval Gaul to the Age of the Internet, the French language has kept in step with history, changing and growing with the times yet never losing its unique character. This program stops at various points along the timeline to spotlight important chapters in the story of the evolution of a vibrant linguistic mélange in locales as diverse as Europe, North America, and Africa. Many maps, representative texts from across the centuries, and newsreel clips help tell the tale.
Notes: Music, Ivan Georgiev; producer, Vic de Mayo; director, Benoît Peeters.

Narrators: Bernard Cerquiglini, Jean-Marie Klinkenberg, Andrée-Marie Diagne-Bonané.

Not rated.

DVD.