<div>I agree...Let's hope more of these types of films start to surface at places like Sundance.</div>
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<div>A footnote about 'The Linguists': -- the film makers (Ironbound Films) included a wonderful section in the film with Johnny Hill, Jr (Chemehuevi from Parker, Arizona) and paid for Johnny to attend Sundance last week. I just got a call from Johnny about it all -- He had a great time and really welcomed all the press attention he got. He is a wonderful ambassador for many 'last speakers' (as the film was originally called) and got front page news in some of the local papers (at Sundance)...as well as radio interviews while he was there. He was most touched by some comments from the other native people who were attending and who made contact with him after his public interviews. </div>
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<div>I think all public attention for the plight of endangered languages is important as raising awareness is part of the much needed work of 'language activists' ====and film is a bold and very expressive way to reach a broader audience.</div>
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<div>Susan<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 26, 2008 5:02 AM, Linda Lanz <<a href="mailto:lanz@rice.edu">lanz@rice.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>I know there's been a lot of talk about the linguist documentary at Sundance, but I just found out that there's an Iñupiaq short film being featured at Sundance this year, too. It's called Sikumi (On the Ice), by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, and it's shot entirely in the Iñupiaq language (northern Alaska). (The filmmaker is, incidentally, son of Edna Ahgeak MacLean, one of the foremost Native linguists and educators working on Iñupiaq revitalization - way to go, MacLean family!). </div>
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<div>Nice to see a film in an indigenous language featured in such a high-profile setting! If you'd like to check it out for yourself, you can watch it online at Sundance's site: </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face="Helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.sundance.org/festival/shorts/" target="_blank">http://www.sundance.org/festival/shorts/</a></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px">I think this is set to work only for one day, so Sikumi will only be up on their website January 26 (North American time zones).</div></div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Linda L.<br><br>
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<div>Linda Lanz</div>
<div>Dept. of Linguistics</div>
<div>Rice University</div>
<div><a href="mailto:lanz@rice.edu" target="_blank">lanz@rice.edu</a></div>
<div><br></div><br></span></span></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>____________________________________________________________<br>Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br>Department of English (Primary) <br>
American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)<br>Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Ph.D. Program (SLAT)<br>Department of Language,Reading and Culture<br>Department of Linguistics<br>The Southwest Center (Research)<br>
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