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The Tailenders
Global Recordings Network (GRN),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. They distribute the recordings, along with ultra-low-tech hand-wind players, in isolated regions and among displaced migrant workers. The Bible stories played by the missionaries are sometimes the first encounter community members have had with recorded sound, and, even more frequently, the first time they have heard their own language recorded. GRN calls their 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, The Tailenders focuses on the intersection of missionary activity and global capitalism and raises questions about how meaning, carried by the simple sound of a human voice, changes as it crosses language and culture.
Aired: Jul 25, 2006 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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Episodes
01: No More Tears Sister02: Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball03: Tintin and I04: The Fall of Fujimori05: The Tailenders06: Al Otro Lado07: Lomax the Songhunter08: Waging a Living09: The Boys of Baraka10: Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela11: No Bigger Than a Minute12: Maquilapolis: City of Factories13: My Country, My Country14: Lawn