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Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

Directed by Bob Holman

Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues is 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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Cast46

  • Nora Marks Dauenhauer
  • Alberto Gómez Pérez
  • Ofelia Zepeda
  • Vaimoana Niumeitolu
  • Alfrits Monintja
  • Grace G. Baldesseri
  • Hajj bir Ali bir Dakon
  • Vincent Medina
  • Gabriel Medina

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