Fwd: [FL-LIST] FW: "The Linguists" world premieres at the 2008 Sundance Film Fest

[Joel S. Berson]

David Harrison was quoted in two NY Times articles about vanishing
languages in September, one by John Noble Wilford.  (I don't find
"The Linguists" in those articles or in the Times's archives.)

Joel

At 12/27/2007 11:38 AM, you wrote:
>THE LINGUISTS is the first documentary supported by the National Science
>Foundation to ever make it to Sundance.
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>The trailer is at [ http://www.thelinguists.com
>]http://www.thelinguists.com. Here's a brief synopsis:
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>----- Original Message -----
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>While this isn't specifically about forensic linguistics, it could be of
>interests to all of us linguists, the visibility for linguists. This is a
>forward from AAAL so apologies if it is duplicate posting for some of you.
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>----- Original Message -----
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> >From: [ mailto:susied at msn.com ]Sue Dicker
>To: [ mailto:AAALadaction at yahoogroups.com ]AAALadaction at yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:57 PM
>Subject: Re: [AAALadaction] FW: "The Linguists" world premieres at the
>2008 Sundance Film Festival
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>Wow!  They've made a movie about us! Who would have thought it?  Hollywood
>finds linguistics!
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>Sue
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: [ mailto:harligj at indiana.edu ]Harlig, Jeffrey Michael
>To: [ mailto:AAALadaction at yahoogroups.com ]AAALadaction at yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:30 AM
>Subject: [AAALadaction] FW: "The Linguists" world premieres at the 2008
>Sundance Film Festival
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>The trailer (see below) is not very informative linguistically, but the
>movie might be good.
>
>Jeff
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Endangered Languages List
>[mailto:ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of
>Daniel A. Miller
>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:15 AM
>To: [ mailto:ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>]ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: "The Linguists" world premieres at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
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>We are nothing short of elated to announce that our documentary feature
>THE LINGUISTS was selected to world premiere in the newly
>minted "Spectrum: Documentary Spotlight" category at the 2008 Sundance
>Film Festival.
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>THE LINGUISTS is the first documentary supported by the National Science
>Foundation to ever make it to Sundance.
>
>The trailer is at [ http://www.thelinguists.com
>]http://www.thelinguists.com. Here's a brief synopsis:
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>It is estimated that of 7,000 languages in the world, half will be gone by
>the end of this century.
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>THE LINGUISTS follows David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, scientists
>racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia,
>India, and Bolivia, the linguists' resolve is tested by the very forces
>silencing languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest.
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>David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures,
>knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.
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>We hope you can join us in Utah for one (or maybe all) of the following
>screenings:
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>Friday, January 18, 12 Noon - Egyptian Theatre, Park City
>Saturday, January 19, 12:45 PM - Broadway Centre Cinemas V, Salt Lake City
>Saturday, January 19, 11:30 PM - Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
>Wednesday, January 23, 9:00 AM, Holiday Village Cinema I, Park City -
>PRESS AND INDUSTRY ONLY
>Wednesday, January 23, 8:30 PM - Holiday Village Cinema II, Park City
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>Tickets are available at [ http://www.sundance.org/festival/
>]http://www.sundance.org/festival/.
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>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us or our
>publicist Winston Emano at [ mailto:wemano at tcdm-associates.com
>]wemano at tcdm-associates.com.
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>We look forward to hearing you there, in all languages!
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>Happy Holidays,
>Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger
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