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The Tailenders (#1905)

Global Recordings Network, founded in Los Angeles in 1939, has produced audio versions of Bible stories in over 5,500 languages, and aims to record in every language on earth. The network distributes the recordings, along with ultra-low-tech hand-wind players, in isolated regions and among displaced migrant workers. GRN calls the target audience "the tailenders" because they are the last to be reached by worldwide evangelism. Filmed in the Solomon Islands, Mexico, India and the United States, this program is an unusual filmic essay that examines the missionaries' strategic use of media and the intersection of their activities and global capitalism. The film explores the power of a simple human voice to convey new ideas, and how their meaning can change across languages and cultures.

Education Record Rights: 12 months from each broadcast.

Program Description: P.O.V. presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America' s and Europe's most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.

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