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Language Matters with Bob Holman

201510.0 / 10110 min

History, Documentary

Overview

What does it take to save a language?

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?

Cast

Bob Holman

Self - Narrator / Host

Arlene W. Eaton

Self

Pele Harmon

Self

Kauanoe Kamana

Self

Larry Kimura

Self

Kepa Maly

Self

William Stanley Merwin

Self

Lolena Nicholas

Self

Puakea Nogelmeier

Self

Keali'i Reichel

Self

Kaui Sai-Dudoit

Self

Nick Evans

Self

Gwyneth Lewis

Self

Crew

David Grubin

Director

David Grubin

Writer

Leanne K. Ferrer

Executive Producer

David Grubin

Executive Producer

Oliver Grubin

Executive Producer

Bob Holman

Executive Producer

Deborah Peretz

Editor

Neil Cedar

Sound

Ken Hahn

Sound

Thomas Visser

Sound

Jessie Hutchins

Animation

Brian Oakes

Animation

Oliver Dunne

Production Assistant

James Callanan

Director of Photography

Robert Richman

Director of Photography