[nativestudies-l] Tuesday: Free film screening -- "The Linguists"

[Lisa Conathan]

The Linguists
FILM SCREENING

April 29th 2008 6:00pm
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium
53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT

Followed by a discussion with David Harrison, linguist featured in the film.


Half of the world's languages are on the verge of extinction. Who 
will record them before they are gone?

David Harrison and Greg Anderson are scientists consumed with 
documenting endangered languages. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, The 
Linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: 
institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. Their journey 
takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and 
communities at stake.

This 70-minute documentary was an official selection of the 2008 
Sundance Film Festival.  To view a trailer of the film, see 
http://www.thelinguists.com/.


Co-sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the 
Department of Linguistics, Yale University.

If you have questions or would like more information please contact 
Lisa Conathan (lisa.conathan at yale.edu).

Please circulate this announcement widely!


Lisa Conathan
Archivist for Slavic Language Collections
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
203.432.9039
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