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Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
“The Story of John Peabody Harrington”
0.0 / 10• 2021• 57m•PG• English
Documentary
Storyline
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 & Crew
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Jack Marr
Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
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Kathryn Klar
Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
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Ernestine DeSoto
Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
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Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Self - Mojave Elder
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David Oechsner
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
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Leanne Hinton
Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
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Richard Applegate
Self - Linguist
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Nora McDowell
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Daniel Golding's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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“Every frame feels alive. Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
