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Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

en 15m
A tribute and call to action for linguistic diversity. A 15-minute motion poem (poem on film), each line comes from a different treasure or minority language. 48 speakers each speak in their mother tongues, as line by line, language by language, the poem is created.
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Director

Bob Holman

Editor

Lee Eaton

Producer

Steve Zeitlin

linguistics languages

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