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The Story of English

It was co-produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions and the BBC, and was principally funded through a grant from General Foods.



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Virginia Mixson Geraty

She also wrote the script and served as the dialect coach for the award-winning film Gullah Tales in which the characters speak entirely in Gullah, and she served as a consultant to the BBC production The Story of English. Geraty translated the libretto of Porgy & Bess into Gullah and produced her version of the famous musical for audiences in Charleston.