Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington (2021)
The Story of John Peabody Harrington
2021 · PG · 0h 57m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Daniel Golding
Cinematography: Steve Patapoff, Daniel Golding
Editor: Ruth Schell, Daniel Golding
Cast
Jack Marr as Self - John P. Harrington's assistantKathryn Klar as Self - Harrington biographer, UC BerkeleyErnestine DeSoto as Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speakerGertrude Van Fleet-Dash as Self - Mojave ElderDavid Oechsner as Self - Fort Mojave TribeLeanne Hinton as Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC BerkeleyRichard Applegate as Self - LinguistNora McDowell as Self - Fort Mojave TribeNakia Zavala as Self - Santa Ynez Band of ChumashFrank Dominguez as Self - Santa Ynez Band of ChumashKathleen Marshall as Self - Santa Ynez Band of ChumashCarmen Sandoval as Self - Santa Ynez Band of ChumashMore like this
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