Home / New Zealand Language Nests: Finding Our Talk, Season 3
Catalogue Number: MUME81
Producer: Mushkeg Media Inc.
Producing Agencies: Mushkeg Media Inc.
Subject: First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Language Arts
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2009
Running Time: 22:00
New Zealand Language Nests: Finding Our Talk, Season 3
This title is a part of the series Finding Our Talk, Season 3Catalogue Number: MUME81
Producer: Mushkeg Media Inc.
Producing Agencies: Mushkeg Media Inc.
Subject: First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Language Arts
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2009
Running Time: 22:00
From inarticulate grunts to bizarre made-up languages and strange smoke signals, Hollywood had a difficult time portraying indigenous languages in the past but in recent years, there has been a trend towards authenticity in the portrayal of indigenous languages in Hollywood movies. This trend towards authenticity is being spearheaded by First Nations actors and directors who have started making their own movies in their own languages.