Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

Name: Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues
Director: Bob Holman
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Alberto Gómez Pérez, Ofelia Zepeda, Vaimoana Niumeitolu, Alfrits Monintja

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Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

A tribute and call to action for linguistic diversity. A 15-minute motion poem (poem on film), each line comes from a different treasure or minority language. 48 speakers each speak in their mother tongues, as line by line, language by language, the poem is created.