<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>Another excellent film for this purpose is "Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i" (2009).</div><div><br></div><div>"Pidgin" discusses the symbolic reevaluation of Hawai'i Pidgin, and this has major parallels to language revitalization contexts (including, for example, a Bible translation project). Yes, most of Pidgin is not based on indigenous Hawai'ian language, but as Kanalu Young argues in the film, Pidgin has been the primary language of social life for indigenous Hawai'ian people for many decades. </div><div><br></div><div>Moreover I think it is perhaps relevant to include a film like "Pidgin" if for no other reason than to illustrate this point made by Jane Hill in 2002 (building on Woodbury 1993): “the shift to the exclusive use of world and/or regional languages by these populations has generally brought no gain in symbolic capital because the varieties of languages like English, Spanish, and Russian that are spoken in marginalized groups are in turn stigmatized, just as were the tongues that have been abandoned.” (Hill, Jane. 2002. "Expert Rhetorics" in Advocacy for Endangered Languages: Who Is Listening, and What Do They Hear? Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 12:2, pg. 130)</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the film's website: <a href="http://pidginthevoiceofhawaii.com/">http://pidginthevoiceofhawaii.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Edwin K. Everhart</div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 18:01, Lise Dobrin <<a href="mailto:lise.dobrin@gmail.com">lise.dobrin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi Mike and all,<div><br></div><div>This may be the fictional film Paul Sutherland was trying to remember. Our Linguistics club screened it last spring, and I found it a delight to watch. It is definitely fictional, but valuable in that it puts language in its place as just one of many facets of endangered language speakers' lives. <div><br></div><div><div><div></div></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><span><a href="http:/" id="gmail-m_6602632193634199436m_-1487934259901732227LPlnk784817" target="_blank">I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en Otro Idioma)</a>,</span> winner of Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic audience award (2017).</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div><span>Martín (Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, THE DARKNESS, GRINGO) is a linguist on a mission to save Zikril, an indigenous language with just two remaining speakers — who happen to be locked in a decades-long feud. Journeying to a remote Mexican village, Martín tries to coax Evaristo (Eligio Meléndez) and Isauro (José Manuel Poncelis) into reconciliation, discovering in the process how a dispute over a woman has kept the stubborn men apart for 50 years. With the help of Evaristo's daughter, however, Martín finds that the true cause for the rift is far more complex. With lush photography and a heartfelt message, Ernesto Contreras' debut is an uplifting story of friendship and the enduring power of language. 2017, color, 103 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. - AFI Silver</span></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Lise </div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 8, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Michael Arthur Uzendoski Benson <<a href="mailto:mauzendoski@flacso.edu.ec" target="_blank">mauzendoski@flacso.edu.ec</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_6602632193634199436Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div>I am wondering if anyone can recommend a film or films that highlight the struggle or work for language revitalization among indigenous peoples? Or the relation of language to daily life.... We are looking for films that are appropriate for a Spanish speaking audience (subtitles are fine). Our Visual Anthropology program wants to host a festival and event about indigenous languages here at the University. Thanks for your help! Abrazos, Michael <br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_6602632193634199436gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michael A. Uzendoski, PhD Anthropology<br></div><div>Profesor / Investigador<br></div><div>Antropología, Historia, y Humanidades<br></div><div>Responsable MA en Antropología<br></div><div><b>Horario de atención a estudiantes: lunes y miércoles 2-4pm con cita previa </b><br></div><div>Tel: (593)22946800 x 4606<br></div><div>Dirección: Piso 6, Of. 601, Edif. Biblioteca FLACSO, Calle San Salvador E7-42 y La Pradera, Quito, ECUADOR <br></div></div></div></div></div>
<div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Lise M. Dobrin</span><br><span style="font-size:small">Associate Professor</span><br><span style="font-size:small">Linguistics Program Director</span><br><span style="font-size:small">Department of Anthropology</span><br><span style="font-size:small">University of Virginia</span><br><span style="font-size:small">Brooks Hall 202</span><br><span style="font-size:small">PO Box 400120</span><br><span style="font-size:small">Charlottesville, VA 22904-4120 USA</span><br><span style="font-size:small">1-434-924-7048</span><br><span style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:dobrin@virginia.edu" target="_blank">dobrin@virginia.edu</a></span></div></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Edwin K. Everhart, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">PhD</span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Lecturer, UCLA Department of Anthropology</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>