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The Linguists - A Very Foreign Language Film Here is some blurb from an email (via Forensic Linguistics Mailing List) We are nothing short of elated to announce that our documentary feature THE LINGUISTS was selected to world premiere in the newly minted "Spectrum: Documentary Spotlight" category at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. THE LINGUISTS is the first documentary supported by the National Science Foundation to ever make it to Sundance. The trailer is at http://www.thelinguists.com. Here's a brief synopsis: It is estimated that of 7,000 languages in the world, half will be gone by the end of this century. THE LINGUISTS follows David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, scientists racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists' resolve is tested by the very forces silencing languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep…

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