24 May 2006
An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Language Matters with Bob Holman
What does it take to save a language?
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
Top Billed Cast
Bob Holman Self - Narrator / Host
Arlene W. Eaton Self
Pele Harmon Self
Kauanoe Kamana Self
Larry Kimura Self
Kepa Maly Self
William Stanley Merwin Self
Lolena Nicholas Self
Puakea Nogelmeier Self
Keali'i Reichel Self
Kaui Sai-Dudoit Self
Nick Evans Self
Gwyneth Lewis Self
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