Documentary
My Mother Tongue
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. Speaking to her mother, a young Korean migrant, and a Wiradjuri woman, Bernadette Nguyen seeks to find out how much of the world multilingual people can take on.
My Mother Tongue (2020) is a documentary radio story made for the Community Broadcasting Association Australia's National Documentary Features Series, an annual mentoring program and showcase of new work by Australian community radio producers.
Produced, edited and mixed by: Bernadette Nguyen
Supervising Producer: Celeste Macintosh
Music by: Jerome Blazé and Gemma Navarette
To: Jeffery
Interviewing friends, family and community members, the story is an ode to Bernadette's favourite (senior) boy, Jeffery and seeks to answer the question "how does one deal with the loss of a pet?"
To: Jeffery (2019) is a documentary radio story that aired on storytelling radio and podcast program All The Best in 2019 and on ABC Perth's Weekends with Andrea Gibbs in 2020.
Produced, edited and mixed by: Bernadette Nguyen
Supervising Producer: Ryan Pemberton