Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
The Story of John Peabody Harrington
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Jack Marr
Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Kathryn Klar
Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Ernestine DeSoto
Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Self - Mojave Elder
David Oechsner
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Leanne Hinton
Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Richard Applegate
Self - Linguist
Nora McDowell
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nakia Zavala
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Kathleen Marshall
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Carmen Sandoval
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frequently Asked Questions
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington was released on April 30, 2021.
The runtime of Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington is 57m.
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington is a Documentary movie.
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington was directed by Daniel Golding.
The main cast of Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington includes Jack Marr, Kathryn Klar, Ernestine DeSoto.
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington is originally in English.