Language Matters with Bob Holman

(2015)

★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: History, Documentary

Year: 2015

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: David Grubin

Cast: Bob Holman, Arlene W. Eaton, Pele Harmon, Kauanoe Kamana, Larry Kimura, Kepa Maly, William Stanley Merwin, Lolena Nicholas, Puakea Nogelmeier, Keali'i Reichel

Plot

There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?