Shot over the course of a school year, The Tricycle Solution portrays the daily experience of a cooperative preschool where parents are as much students as their children. The normal events and emotions of a preschoolers day--playing, creating, discovering, crying, fighting, and resolving disagreements--are seen in intimate detail, as the teacher, Effie Kuriloff, elucidates her provocative approach.

Speaking in Tongues begins with an ordinary first day of public school kindergarten in the USA--except that the teacher speaks only Chinese. We are in a language immersion class, where, from day one, students will receive 90% of their instruction in Cantonese. Remarkably, their school will test first in English and math among their district's 76 elementary schools. Speaking In Tongues will warm your heart and open your mind about the potential of...