The Linguists: Racing to Record the Last Speakers

The 2008 cult documentary that defined language-hunting cinema: Gregory Anderson and David Harrison racing to the world's last speakers of Chulym, Terena and Kaurna. The official trailer, the directors' Talks at Google session, rare screening Q&As, Nat Geo's companion shorts and Daniel Everett on what dies with a tape-less fieldworker.

Playlist by @language_archive_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. THE LINGUISTS - Official Trailer — Ironbound Films
2. The Linguists | Jeremy Newberger & Daniel Miller | Talks at Google — Talks at Google
3. The Linguists — janiwaa
4. USIL presents: "The Linguists" Intro and Q&A Part 1 — uscUSIL
5. THE LINGUISTS — Invention of Chulym Writing System — Exploring Cultures with Prof. David Harrison
6. Dying Languages | National Geographic — National Geographic
7. The Last Speakers (National Geographic) — Nat Geo Books
8. Linguist David Harrison Records Hidden Indian Language — Swarthmore College
9. Endangered Languages, Lost Knowledge and the Future | Daniel Everett — The Long Now Foundation
10. "Monolingual Fieldwork" Demonstration - Daniel Everett — Linguistic Society of America