Language Matters with Bob Holman (2015)
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?
Director: David Grubin
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Bob Holman as Self - Narrator / Host |
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Arlene W. Eaton as Self |
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Pele Harmon as Self |
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Kauanoe Kamana as Self |
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Larry Kimura as Self |
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Kepa Maly as Self |
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William Stanley Merwin as Self |
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Lolena Nicholas as Self |
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Puakea Nogelmeier as Self |
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Keali'i Reichel as Self |
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Kaui Sai-Dudoit as Self |
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Nick Evans as Self |
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Gwyneth Lewis as Self |
| Editing | Deborah Peretz | Editor |
| Production | Bob Holman | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Jessie Hutchins | Animation |
| Directing | David Grubin | Director |
| Production | Oliver Grubin | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Neil Cedar | Sound |
| Sound | Ken Hahn | Sound |
| Production | Leanne K. Ferrer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Oliver Dunne | Production Assistant |
| Production | David Grubin | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Thomas Visser | Sound |
| Writing | David Grubin | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Brian Oakes | Animation |
| Camera | Robert Richman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | James Callanan | Director of Photography |