My Mother Tongue (FBi Radio)

FBI Radio's Bernadette Nguyen speaks to her
Vietnamese-Australia mother, as well as young Korean migrant, and
a Wiradjuri woman to find out how much of the world multilingual
people can take on.


Supervising production from Celeste Macintosh. Training from the
Community Media Training Organisation. Distributed by the
Community Radio Network.


Produced for the 2020 CBAA National Features and Documentary
Series.


They say that to speak a language is to take on a world, but for
people from different cultural backgrounds living in Western
spaces it’s easier said than done. Bernadette Nguyen speaks to
her mother, a young Korean migrant, and a Wiradjuri woman, to
find out how much of the world multilingual people can take
on in My Mother Tongue.


Special Thanks


Jayden Lee, Peta-Joy Williams and my mother Phuong Mai Nguyen
for being so generous and sharing their stories.

Jerome Blazé and Gemma Navarrete for kindly allowing me to
use their music.

Celeste Macintosh, Giordy, Heli and the team from the CBAA
and CMTO for all the support during the entire program.



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