Film
Language Matters with Bob Holman
2015 · 1h 50m · History · Documentary
What does it take to save a language?
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Overview
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
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Cast
Bob Holman
Self - Narrator / Host
Arlene W. Eaton
Self
Pele Harmon
Self
Kauanoe Kamana
Self
Larry Kimura
Self
Kepa Maly
Self
William Stanley Merwin
Self
Lolena Nicholas
Self
Puakea Nogelmeier
Self
Keali'i Reichel
Self
Kaui Sai-Dudoit
Self
Nick Evans
Self
Gwyneth Lewis
Self
Crew
- David GrubinDirector · Writer · Executive Producer
- Leanne K. FerrerExecutive Producer
- Oliver GrubinExecutive Producer
- Bob HolmanExecutive Producer
- James CallananDirector of Photography
- Robert RichmanDirector of Photography
- Deborah PeretzEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 25, 2015
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- History, Documentary
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