Film "The Linguists" to be screened in Tucson

[Garry Forger]

I know this film has been discussed on the list before, after its 
screening at Sundance.

RE: Documentary Film "The Linguists: Documenting Vanishing Voices"
DATE: Friday April 25, 2008
TIME: 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Rd., Tucson, AZ
COST: $8.00

As part of the Arizona International Film Festival the film "The
Linguists: Documenting Vanishing Voices" will be screened on April 25, 
with a panel discussion to follow.

"The Linguists" is a documentary funded in part by the National Science
Foundation (NSF). Producer-director Seth Kramer of Ironbound Films
accompanied scientists David Harrison of Swarthmore College and Gregory
Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute on a journey to record these
languages and understand the cultural and political pressures 
threatening their existence.

The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
(CERCLL), American Indian Studies (AIS), the American Indian Language
Development Institute (AILDI), the Department of English, the Department 
of Linguistics and Learning Technology Services at the University of 
Arizona have partnered to sponsor this documentary at the 17th Annual 
Arizona International Film Festival in Tucson, Arizona.

The panel discussion will include Seth Kramer, one of the filmmakers for
"The Linguists", Johnny Hill, a last speaker of the language Chemehuevi 
from Parker, Arizona, and linguistic experts Drs. Heidi Harley and Susan 
Penfield from The University of Arizona who have done work on endangered 
languages.

More information on this program is available on our website at
http://cercll.arizona.edu/events.php
More information on the film is available at the website
http://thelinguists.com
Arizona International Film Festival
http://www.filmfestivalarizona.com/
-- 
Garry

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