Language Matters with Bob Holman

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Language Matters with Bob Holman (2015)

Directed by David Grubin

“What does it take to save a language?”

History, Documentary · 1h 50m

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

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Bob Holman Self - Narrator / Host
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Arlene W. Eaton Self
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Pele Harmon Self
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Kauanoe Kamana Self
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Larry Kimura Self
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Kepa Maly Self
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William Stanley Merwin Self
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Lolena Nicholas Self
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Puakea Nogelmeier Self
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Keali'i Reichel Self
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Kaui Sai-Dudoit Self
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Nick Evans Self

Crew

Director
David Grubin
Writer
David Grubin
Director of Photography
James Callanan, Robert Richman
Editor
Deborah Peretz

Details

Release date
2015-01-25
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Welsh
Countries
United States of America
Production
PBS