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Language Matters with Bob Holman is a american film of genre Documentary directed by David Grubin

Language Matters with Bob Holman (2014)

Language Matters with Bob Holman
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OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Historical
Rating75% 3.7807453.7807453.7807453.7807453.780745

Language Matters with Bob Holman is a 2015 documentary which focuses upon the rapid extinction of many of planet Earth's human languages and the multifarious struggles and efforts to save and preserve them. Holman states that "There are between 6,000 and 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. Languages have always come and gone but what is happening today is “a global crisis of massive proportions "... The feature is directed by David Grubin and narrated and hosted by the aforementioned Mr. Holman

The film spans the globe to visit three geographic areas Australia (both out in the Outback of and in the Goulburn Islands off of the Northern Territory), Hawaii and Wales or as the film's own website explains..."Language Matters was filmed around the world: on a remote island off the coast of Australia where 400 Aboriginal people speak 10 different languages, all at risk; in Wales, where Welsh, once in danger, is today making a comeback; and in Hawaii, where Hawaiians are fighting to save their native tongue."

This film was first broadcast on PBS in 2015 on the following dates; in New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington, DC on January 25, 2015 then on January 27 in Columbus, Ohio, on January 29 in Chicago and Los Angeles, on February 5, Boston and finally on February 23, in Syracuse. Meanwhile the film is being streamed on the Public Broadcasting Service's webisite www.
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