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New Esperanto Documentary "The Universal Language" from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green

de pauxleto, 2012-januaro-07

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Lingvo: English

pauxleto (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-07 04:55:56

The Universal Language is a new documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground). This 30-minute film traces the history of Esperanto, an artificial language that was created in the late 1800s by a Polish eye doctor who believed that if everyone in the world spoke a common tongue, humanity could overcome racism and war. Fittingly, the word “Esperanto” means “one who hopes.”

During the early 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people around the world spoke Esperanto and believed in its ideals. Today, surprisingly, a vibrant Esperanto movement still exists. In this first-ever documentary about Esperanto, Green creates a portrait of the language and those who speak it today that is at once humorous, poignant, stirring, and ultimately hopeful.

"I saw The Universal Language with great pleasure and I hope it will have the success it deserves. If it is shown in TV channels it could bring many people to think further about Esperanto. Some people in Copenhagen expressed the view that a more propagandistic film should have been made. They don’t realize that the strength of an objective film is greater."
– Renato Corsetti

Film website: Esperanto Documentary

Excerpts:
Fragmento unu - Esperanta versio

Portraits of Esperantists at the 2007 World Espe...

Miland (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-07 11:06:55

Thanks for the information. I look forward to the DVD becoming available from the usual catalogues!

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-07 13:11:30

If you reach the film's website by clicking on one of its advertising links that have been appearing at lernu (or any of the advertising links here) it gives lernu income.

Just saying!

Hispanio (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-07 15:30:09

The trailer shows a very interesting documentary. I like it rideto.gif

pauxleto (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-07 22:08:38

Miland:Thanks for the information. I look forward to the DVD becoming available from the usual catalogues!
I am not sure what are the "usual catalogues" but you can buy the DVD from

UEA

FEL Retbutiko (search for "The Universal Languag...

and on the website store

pauxleto (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-08 19:56:12

Hispanio:The trailer shows a very interesting documentary. I like it rideto.gif
I am glad you like it, Hispanio.

Gracias! ridulo.gif

whysea (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-09 04:26:00

Great!

lgg (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-09 13:55:38

It's funny that all Esperanto promotion materials as the rule are not available for free. It is good that people found a vaporware to capitalize on.

tommjames (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-09 15:26:37

lgg:Mi ne chesas miri ke chio esperantoreklamanta estas nehavebla senkostesenTMSe. Mi pensas ke tio estas kontrauprodukta, chu ne?
I assume you meant to say it displeases you that the video is unavailable without cost. Well, I just downloaded the movie from the site for free, by clicking on the "ĉifreca" version. Whether or not that was accidental on their part I'm not sure, as I didn't bother to check. But anyway, yeah.

Not too bad movie I thought. Quite moving in places, though I think I would have preferred a generally more upbeat tone, in general.

miamaslegi (Montri la profilon) 2012-januaro-10 18:00:19

tommjames:Well, I just downloaded the movie from the site for free, by clicking on the "ĉifreca" version.
Huh, I did, too. I'm not arguing, though!

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