<div>Thanks for this...I know both Greg and David...and agree with you!</div>
<div>Their energy is something we should all welcome!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 27, 2008 10:09 AM, Richard Smith <<a href="mailto:rzs@wildblue.net">rzs@wildblue.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Hey Susan,<br>Greg Anderson came out to Wyandotte OK recently to speak with tribal reps.<br>who might want Living Tongues help save languages.<br>
<br>I was gabbing in the office with tribal members i hadn't seen in awhile<br>and i kept wondering when DR. Greg Anderson was going to arrive.<br>Someone was on the phone in the office so i wandered in the hall <br>to scan the parking lot and i walked past a young local guy sitting there .<br>
I went outside and this "local guy" walks up behind me and introduces <br>himself as Greg Anderson! <br>HA! so much for my sterotypes of DRs of linguistics!<br>We had a great time sharing and his passion is genuine and his conversation<br>
over lunch kept drifting to villages in upper Siberia, <br>where he spent an entire year...often....just staying alive.<br><br>Scholars can snivel about these guys as Indiana Jones image<br>types.....well, it might be a little over dramatic, <br>
but it ain't far off!<br><br>Richard Zane Smith<br>Wyandotte Oklahoma
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<blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Basically, I was told, that the most interesting segments (to the targeted PBS) involved David Harrison and Greg (whose last name<br>I can't remember)....A decision was made to focus more on them and their adventures in identifying endangered languages --<br>
a little 'Indiana Jones' -like. Linguists themselves might object to this image (I think I saw a mention of that on Jane Simpson's blog)...and most in the linguistics community still favor the title, "The Last Speakers" -- However, getting attention of the general public is a different thing -- and I do think we should all be grateful that awareness for endangered languages will no doubt be raised.<br>
<br>It is also possible that the movie, "The Last Speakers" ...will still be produced for educational purposes -- a different venue than actual PBS productions. This version will be a more realistic and include additional footage with speakers. <br>
<br>That is all I know at this point...<br>S.<br> <br><br><br> <br>On Jan 26, 2008 9:39 PM, Claire Bowern <<a href="mailto:anggarrgoon@gmail.com" target="_blank">anggarrgoon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></span></font>
<blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">does anyone know why the name of the film was changed?<br>Claire<br><br>Susan Penfield wrote:<br>> I agree...Let's hope more of these types of films start to surface at<br>
> places like Sundance.<br>><br>> A footnote about 'The Linguists': -- the film makers (Ironbound Films)<br>> included a wonderful section in the film with Johnny Hill, Jr<br>> (Chemehuevi from Parker, Arizona) and paid for Johnny to attend Sundance<br>
> last week. I just got a call from Johnny about it all -- He had a great<br>> time and really welcomed all the press attention he got. He is a<br>> wonderful ambassador for many 'last speakers' (as the film was<br>
> originally called) and got front page news in some of the local papers<br>> (at Sundance)...as well as radio interviews while he was there. He was<br>> most touched by some comments from the other native people who were<br>
> attending and who made contact with him after his public interviews.<br>><br>> I think all public attention for the plight of endangered languages is<br>> important as raising awareness is part of the much needed work of<br>
> 'language activists' ====and film is a bold and very expressive way to<br>> reach a broader audience.<br>><br>> Susan<br>><br></span></font></blockquote><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><br>
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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>Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836<br><br><br>"Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities." <br>
<br> Wade Davis...(on a Starbucks cup...)