Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington · 2021
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington (2021) is a Documentary film directed by Daniel Golding, starring Jack Marr, Kathryn Klar, Ernestine DeSoto.
Documentary
Overview
For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.
Cast
Jack Marr, Kathryn Klar, Ernestine DeSoto, Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash, David Oechsner, Leanne Hinton, Richard Applegate, Nora McDowell
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What is "Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington" about?
For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.
When was "Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington" released?
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington was released in 2021.
Who stars in "Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington"?
The cast includes Jack Marr, Kathryn Klar, Ernestine DeSoto, Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash.
