Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Spoken Languages
Basque Haitian; Haitian Creole Inuktitut Irish Maori Navajo Tigrinya Tonga

Keywords

linguistics languages

Quick Facts

Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Nora Marks Dauenhauer

Self

Alberto Gómez Pérez
Alberto Gómez Pérez

Self

Ofelia Zepeda
Ofelia Zepeda

Self

Vaimoana Niumeitolu
Vaimoana Niumeitolu

Self

Alfrits Monintja
Alfrits Monintja

Self

Grace G. Baldesseri
Grace G. Baldesseri

Self

Hajj bir Ali bir Dakon
Hajj bir Ali bir Dakon

Self

Vincent Medina
Vincent Medina

Self

Gabriel Medina
Gabriel Medina

Self

Gearóid Mac Lochlainn
Gearóid Mac Lochlainn

Self

M.I. Ndahashuba
M.I. Ndahashuba

Self

Denize Lauture
Denize Lauture

Self

Key Crew

Bob Holman
Director
Steve Zeitlin
Producer