Page 2: Documentary Film and Language Preservation
The second page focuses on the documentary film "New Offenburg - die letzten Badener der USA" NewOffenburg−TheLastBadenPeopleoftheUSA by German actor and director Johannes Suhm. This film captures the traces of German culture and language still present in the area.
Highlight: Suhm, a native of Offenburg, Germany, spent 17 days in 2012 filming in the small town of Ste. Genevieve, which includes New Offenburg.
The documentary interviews the last remaining speakers of the Baden dialect in the area, highlighting the gradual loss of the German language in this community.
Quote: "Offenbar lässt sich mit der Sprache eine Id" Apparently,withthelanguage,anidentitycanbe...
This incomplete sentence suggests that the film explores how language preservation is linked to maintaining cultural identity.