The Tailenders
Filmmaker Interview
Adele Horne
Filmmaker Adele Horne talks about her motivations, intentions and experiences in making The Tailenders. She talks about her early influences, "My family was mailed one of these cardboard record players when I was about eight years old, and it made a huge impression on me."
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A message is translated from one language to another, to another, showing how meaning can change through translation.
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Tailenders is a film about the Global Recordings Network (GRN), founded in Los Angeles in 1939. GRN has produced audio versions of Bible stories in over 5,500 languages, and aims to record in every language on earth.
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