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Ciao Babylon / a film by Kurt Reinhard & Christoph Schreiber ; production, soap factory, GmbH ; authors, directors, Kurt Reinhard & Christoph Schreiber ; producer, Frank Matter.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 333
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- Endangered languages--Social aspects.
- Endangered languages.
- Language and languages.
- Social aspects.
- New York (N.Y.)--Languages.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in. color
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Chiefly in English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all region
- Summary:
- "Experts believe that by the end of the century half of the 6,500 languages spoken today will have vanished; and with every language dies a unique way of perceiving the world. Ciao Babylon calls attention to this dramatic development. The film follows linguist Dan Kaufman, who established the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) in New York, as he documents endangered languages spoken throughout the city"--Container.
- Participant:
- Interviewees include Daniel Kaufman, Giancarlo Malchiodi, Amalia Malchiodi, Leobardo Ajtzalam, José Suàrez, Lisseth Morin, Gloria Angeles.
- Credits:
- Steff Bossert, director of photography ; Mirella Nüesch, editing ; Peter Scherer, music.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2017.
- OCLC:
- 1130236461
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