Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

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Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues ()

Directed by Bob Holman

· 15m

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.

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Cast

N
Nora Marks Dauenhauer Self
A
Alberto Gómez Pérez Self
O
Ofelia Zepeda Self
V
Vaimoana Niumeitolu Self
A
Alfrits Monintja Self
G
Grace G. Baldesseri Self
H
Hajj bir Ali bir Dakon Self
V
Vincent Medina Self
G
Gabriel Medina Self Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Self
M
M.I. Ndahashuba Self
D
Denize Lauture Self

Crew

Director
Bob Holman
Editor
Lee Eaton
Producer
Steve Zeitlin

Details

Runtime
15m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Basque, Haitian; Haitian Creole, Inuktitut, Irish, Maori, Navajo, Tigrinya, Tonga