The Linguists (2008)
1h 4m
Running Time
January 17, 2008Release Date
Plot.
The Linguists is a hilarious and poignant chronicle of two scientists—David Harrison and Gregory Anderson—racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: racism, humiliation, and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Seth Kramer
Director
Daniel A. Miller
Director
Jeremy Newberger
Director
Brian Hawlk
Composer
Anne Barliant
Editor
David Harrison
Gregory Anderson
Details.
Wiki.
The Linguists is an independent 2008 American documentary film produced by Ironbound Films about language extinction and language documentation. It follows two linguists, Greg Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and David Harrison of Swarthmore College, as they travel around the world to collect recordings of some of the last speakers of several moribund (dying) languages: Chulym in Siberia; Chemehuevi in Arizona, U.S.; Sora in Odisha, India; and Kallawaya in Bolivia.