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Year: 2008
Director: Jeremy Newberger
Plot: In a time when over 7,000 distinct languages are spoken around the world, professors David Harrison and Gregory Anderson navigate treacherous terrain and travel to the furthest reaches of the globe to research forgotten and hidden languages. As colonialism and economic unrest spread, the new generations begin to abandon their ancestral languages, and their cultures are passively suppressed. But their legacy is not lost thanks to Harrison and Anderson, and now amateur linguistics can follow along as these two adventurous ethnographers observe a Kallawaya healing ritual in Bolivia, attend a traditional ceremony in a remote village in India, and set their sights on Siberia to document these languages before they are lost forever. Together, Harrison and Anderson speak over twenty-five languages, and though their mission is a serious one, they always attempt to maintain a sense of levity as they explore how disappearing languages serve as an indicator of the disappearing traditions and heritage of Indigenous people everywhere. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:33:00 GMTThe Linguists2008Jeremy NewbergerIn a time when over 7,000 distinct languages are spoken around the world, professors David Harrison and Gregory Anderson navigate treacherous terrain and travel to the furthest reaches of the globe to research forgotten and hidden languages. As colonialism and economic unrest spread, the new generations begin to abandon their ancestral languages, and their cultures are passively suppressed. But their legacy is not lost thanks to Harrison and Anderson, and now amateur linguistics can follow along as these two adventurous ethnographers observe a Kallawaya healing ritual in Bolivia, attend a traditional ceremony in a remote village in India, and set their sights on Siberia to document these languages before they are lost forever. Together, Harrison and Anderson speak over twenty-five languages, and though their mission is a serious one, they always attempt to maintain a sense of levity as they explore how disappearing languages serve as an indicator of the disappearing traditions and heritage of Indigenous people everywhere. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide315http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s359930.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Linguists/359930/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/25/24351.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Sundance documentary The Linguists follows two scientists traveling the globe to document obscure languages before they’re lost. In this interview the directors and subjects talk about an encounter with Yiddish tombstones defiled by the Nazis that precipitated the idea for the film, and the work of giving people pride in their native tongue. The Linguists interview Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
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