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Premiered: July 25, 2006 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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Find out more about endangered languages
Read about the intersection between evangelicalism and media
Learn more about the making of "The Tailenders"
Share your point of view online

Find out more about endangered languages

On Endangered Languages
How do languages become endangered, and what does it mean for a culture when its language is lost? Endangered-language experts Peter Ladefoged and Rosemary Beam de Azcona talk about disappearing languages and the recordings of GRN.

Read about the intersection between evangelicalism and media

Upgrading the Sawdust Trail
Larry Eskridge, the associate director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, talks about the intersections between evangelicalism, missionaries, media and popular culture.

Learn more about the making of "The Tailenders"

Behind the Lens: Production Journal
Filmmaker Adele Horne talks about her collaboration with Global Recordings Network and the difficulties of filming without access to electricity.

Share your point of view online

The Tailenders Discussion Board
What did you take away from "The Tailenders?" What role should missionaries play in poverty-stricken regions? What else is lost when languages and ways of life disappear?

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Posted July 13, 2006

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