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The Tailenders
by Adele Horne
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"This gorgeous, inspired and gutsy film...opens up new ideological vistas on religion, technology and globalization. It dares viewers not to be surprised by it."
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The Tailenders is a captivating look at a missionary group's use of ultra-low-tech audio devices to evangelize indigenous communities facing crises caused by global economic forces. 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 film traces their journeys in the Solomon Islands, Mexico, India and the United States, where they distribute the recordings, along with hand-wind audio players, to "the Tailenders": the last people to be reached by worldwide evangelism.
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72 minutes • DVD
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REVIEWS "A fascinating film that uses a good story as a springboard to raise larger issues, this is highly recommended." "A haunting documentary about Christian missionaries who have been traveling the world since 1939 to record and spread Bible stories in every language." "With a visual clarity equal to her intellectual discourse, Horne explores the myriad contrasts offered by her subject, alive to many epiphanies and ironies along the way." "A movie about no less than sound and our world...a bewitchingly artful connect-the-dots achievement." "A fascinating documentary"
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