As Sundance moved past the weekend it was fast becoming clear that ... the stars of the festival line-up would not be features but documentaries. One standout was The Linguists , a fantastic little film that follows professors David Harrison and Gregory Anderson as they crisscross the globe on a mission to document languages.... The excitement of these two professors proves contagious, and as the film reveals how cultural shame and colonialism have factored in the loss of these languages, their incredible dedication becomes all the more compelling.
The Linguists
A documentary unaccountably exiled to the non-competition Spectrum section is The Linguists , a fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Joneses of language hunters, academics who go to obscure corners of the globe to find and preserve disappearing languages.
The Linguists
Indiana Jones' spirit certainly infects the intrepid heroes of The Linguists . These are bold academics who plunge into the jungles and backwater villages of the world to rescue living tongues about to go extinct.... Director-producers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy S. Newberger's Linguists watches three of these fascinating and at times treacherous linguistic expeditions. The film should perform marvelously on television once it completes a festival run that begins at Sundance.
The Linguists
Two ethnographers run around the world making tapes of people speaking
so-called "endangered languages." Sound like homework? It's not, for these
two geniuses have an adventurous streak, and the two cameras follow them as
they travel the globe, getting people to speak in obscure tongues (some with
as few as one practicing speaker) to their microphones and cameras. Funny,
enlightening and ultimately uplifting, "The Linguists" demonstrates how the
act of recording a dying language can, ironically, bring it back to life.
The Linguists
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KEZI TV, February 16, 2011 Oregon Man Uncovers Hidden Languages The Economist, November 23, 2010 Seven questions for K. David Harrison Fast Company, October 29, 2010 Google Teams With Linguists to Document Endangered Languages The Huffington Post, October 27, 2010 It Hurts to Be Muslim, Too The Asian Age, February 21, 2010 Tongue-tied BBC, February 5, 2010 The tragedy of dying languages
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Statesman Journal, April 19, 2009 Salem linguist preserves endangered tongues
Scientific American MIND, April/May/June 2009 The Linguists: Recommendations from Scientific American MIND
Minnesota Public Radio, March 25, 2009 To save languages before they are lost
Imagine, March/April, 2009 The Last Words
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The Week, February 27, 2009 The Week's guide to what's worth watching
MSNBC, February 26, 2009 The Race To Save Our Languages
The Boston Globe, February 26, 2009 'Linguists' explore a world of words
Kansas City Star, February 25, 2009 PBS' 'The Linguists': A thrilling pursuit of cultural relics
Condé Nast Traveler, February 24, 2009 Language Sleuthing: The Amazing Adventures of Greg and Dave
Seed Magazine, February 24, 2009 The Amazing Race
TV Guide, February 23, 2009 Editor's Pick of the Week: 'Linguists' is more than words
NPR, February 21, 2009 Saving Dying Languages In 'The Linguists'
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The Chattanooga Times, February 20, 2009 City Beat: 'Linguists' premieres Thursday on PBS
Worldstreams, February 18, 2009 The Linguists on Worldstreams
National Science Foundation, February 18, 2009 "The Linguists" Premieres at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
Newsweek, February 14, 2009 Say It Loud, Say It Proud
Good Magazine, January 15, 2009 Good Q&A: The Linguists
Corvallis Gazette Times, December 26, 2008 Reflections on a year of entertainment
The Union, December 18, 2008 Chuck Jaffee: Beginning the ramp up to Environmental Film Fest
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Haaretz, July 6, 2008 No speakie the language
The Grand Rapids Press, June 14, 2008 Waterfront Film Festival: 'The Linguists,' 'Karma Generator,' 'Half-Life,' 'Man on a Wire' NY1, May 30, 2008 Sundance Films Shine in Brooklyn
Jacksonville Business Journal, May 16, 2008 Film Festival opens with 'Crazy'
Telegraph UK, May 15, 2008 Earthlog: Languages die out too
The Women's International Perspective, May 3, 2008 The Linguists: Searching for Endangered Languages Around the World
eFilmCritic, May 1, 2008 The Linguists
KillerFilm.com, April 23, 2008 Donny Broussard Reviews: "The Linguists"
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Whyy Radio, February 15, 2008 Linguist K. David Harrison Interviewed On "Radio Times" with Marty Moss-Coane
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Science, January 25, 2008 Two Cultures
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Mania TV, January 23, 2008 'The Linguists' Interview
Nature, January 23, 2008 Film: Science at Sundance
RadioWest, January 23, 2008 Sundance — The Linguists and Kicking It
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Reuters, January 21, 2008 "Linguists" the talk of the town at Sundance
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PRI's The World, January 18, 2008 Saving the world's languages
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FilmMaker Magazine, January 14, 2008 Playing the Percentage
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Hudson Valley Magazine, November 9, 2007 Tongues untied: Local filmmakers document soon-to-be extinct languages in faraway places
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Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2007 One language disappears every 14 days
The Associated Press, September 18, 2007 Researchers Say Many Languages Are Dying
New York Times, September 18, 2007 Languages Die, but Not Their Last Words
Hartford Courant, February 21, 2006 Mashantucket Pequots Plan Language Conference
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Science & Spirit, November-December 2004 Lost In Translation
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The Dallas Morning News, February 22, 2004 Languishing languages carry whole worlds of ideas: Experts lament that native tongues of many are on the way out
Guardian Unlimited, February 18, 2004 Middle Chulym
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