Watch free · Short documentary

Saving the World's Oldest Languages

2020 · 11 min · English

Short profiles from Indonesia and South America follow people trying to keep dying languages such as Osing and Quechua in daily use, mostly through teaching and small acts of stubbornness. Out of thousands of languages spoken worldwide, the film treats these holdouts as worth a closer look.

Documentary Feel-Good

Why it's free: Free on Great Big Story's own channel; GBS produced and posted it there itself.