Synopsis
Hand over the chance to speak to nine of the 2700 languages in danger in the world: Chipaya, Kawésqar, the Quechua, Mapuche, the Guarani, Yanomami, the Afar, Breton, the Occitan. With very simple worlds, universal, thirteen peole talk to us about their attachment to their language and assert their will to protect it.
Credits
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Palmeraie et Désert
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Claudine Nougaret
- Director of Photography : Raymond Depardon
- Editor : Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin
- Sound recordist : Claudine Nougaret
- Camera Operator : Raymond Depardon
- Production manager : Claudine Nougaret
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Production language : Chipaya, Kawésqar, Quechua, Mapuche, Guarani, Yanomami, Afar, Breton, Occitan
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 33 min
- Visa number : 122.474
- Visa issue date : 03/07/2009
- Production formats : DV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
About
Installation shown in October, 2008 at the Fondation Cartier for the contemporary art Paris. Published as a supplement in the DVD La Vie Moderne.
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