Film
Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues
15m
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Overview
A tribute and call to action for linguistic diversity. A 15-minute motion poem (poem on film), each line comes from a different treasure or minority language. 48 speakers each speak in their mother tongues, as line by line, language by language, the poem is created.
Cast
Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Self
Alberto Gómez Pérez
Self
Ofelia Zepeda
Self
Vaimoana Niumeitolu
Self
Alfrits Monintja
Self
Grace G. Baldesseri
Self
Hajj bir Ali bir Dakon
Self
Vincent Medina
Self
Gabriel Medina
Self
Gearóid Mac Lochlainn
Self
M.I. Ndahashuba
Self
Denize Lauture
Self
Maria Hinton
Self
Efi Ongopai
Self
Anbegwon Atuire
Self
Tanya Tagaq
Self
Crew
- Bob HolmanDirector
- Steve ZeitlinProducer
- Lee EatonEditor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 15m
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