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Sprachprofi
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17 February 2010 at 7:04pm | IP Logged 
I just watched a series of short films in Mohawk, Cree, Muscogee, Navajo, Maori and
Girrimae (an Australian native language). All except the Maori one turned out to be
completely in these languages and with English subtitles. Since entertaining materials
are scarce, I believe these would be great for students of these languages and I would
encourage any forum members to contact the indie directors or try to obtain a copy of
the films through other channels.

film_id=20106018">About the films (the forum breaks the link, it's
http://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/daten blatt.php?
film_id=20106018 )

Organization regularly commissioning
and showcasing indigenous films, radio etc.


I can also recommend film festivals in general, for the language lovers, because it is
amazing how many different countries submit their films to the Berlinale, and these
films are so new they haven't been dubbed yet. Plus the people attending the film
festivals come from everywhere. Today I met not just the indigenous producers of four
of the short films but also a group of Greeks who were attending, a Japanese director
and some young Hong Kong fan girls of his, not to mention the usual crowd of English
speakers and French that you can find in Berlin every day.

Edited by Sprachprofi on 17 February 2010 at 7:05pm

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28 April 2010 at 11:55pm | IP Logged 
Thanks Sprachprofi, interesting.

Another one you may be familiar with as it received a certain amount of attention at least over here is "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner" - entirely in Inuktitut with English subtitles (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285441). I have not actually watched more than a few minutes of it, so I am not providing either a thumbs up or down (though probably not a great pick for vegetarians).

There is also some Maori (not a lot if I remember correctly, but a taste anyways) in "Whale Rider" - a really awesome film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228)

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crno_srce
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06 March 2013 at 7:14am | IP Logged 
This ancient thread needs reviving!

I just posted some pointers to some great free online resources for an Australian
Aboriginal language spoken in and around Kakadu National Park. Check them out here:

language.html">Learning an Australian Aboriginal Language

In the post I also mention the movie "Ten Canoes" which is entirely in languages from the
Yolngu Matha group of languages from north-east Arnhem Land in Australia - a truly unique
experience! There should be much more of it!
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06 March 2013 at 10:06am | IP Logged 
Sprachprofi wrote:
I can also recommend film festivals in general, for the language lovers, because it is amazing how many different countries submit their films to the Berlinale, and these films are so new they haven't been dubbed yet.


Dubbed to German, that is? I don't want to turn this into a(nother) thread about dubbing, I just found that sentence amusing.


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