LINGUIST List 33.2148
Mon Jun 27 2022
FYI: Release of the Documentary 'Dreaming of Words'
Editor for this issue: Everett Green <everettlinguistlist.org>
Date: 25-Jun-2022
From: Nandan - <nandaniiab
gmail.com>
Subject: Release of the Documentary 'Dreaming of Words'
E-mail this message to a friend Dear Team,
I would like to introduce my 60 minutes documentary 'Dreaming of Words' to you.
The documentary film is about Njattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, who compiled a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages. Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years making the multilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary offers a comparative study of Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. 'Dreaming of Words' traces Sreedharan's life, work, love for languages and the struggles to get the dictionary published. The film also explores the linguistic and cultural diversity in India.
'Dreaming of Words' had its world premiere at the International Mother Language Day Celebrations 2021 organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and the Ministry of Education (India) in partnership with UNESCO.
It was an official selection at the DC South Asian Film Festival, RapidLion Film Festival and Micheaux Film Festival. It won the Kerala State Television Award for Best Educational Documentary.
It was screened at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association and the annual conference of the Linguistic Society of America in January 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_of_Words https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13150132/ Here is the link to the trailer:
https://youtu.be/yh450c0u0Ag The film is now streaming on the following OTT platforms:
Amazon Prime Video -
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09ZKDT199/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r Gumroad -
https://nandansdreamfactory.gumroad.com/l/DreamingofWordsEng MovieSaints -
https://www.moviesaints.com/movie/dreaming-of-words Kindly consider sharing about the release of 'Dreaming of Words' in The LINGUIST List pages. I believe that 84 year old Njattyela Sreedharan's story will be inspiring for many. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks and regards,
Nandan.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105965/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Lexicography; Ling & Literature
Subject Language(s):
Malayalam (mal)
Language Family(ies): Dravidian
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