![]() ![]() The film also features an original song by Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump, who is not native, sung in Navajo.Ī joint effort between the Navajo Nation Museum and The Walt Disney Studios, the translation has been in the works for more than a year, said Navajo Nation Museum Director Manuelito Wheeler. They worked with Navajo linguists alongside Rick Dempsey, senior vice president of Disney Character Voices to bring the roles to the big screen. The voice roles were performed by members of the Navajo nation like Harvey, who have no professional acting experience. It debuts Friday in select theaters in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, where it will be shown free. ![]() “Finding Nemo” is the second film to be dubbed in Navajo, the indigenous language spoken by members of the Navajo Nation. His children thought he would be a shoo-in, not because he has acting experience but because he is fluent in Navajo, the language of his people. Andy Harvey was reading the Navajo Times one day when he spotted a casting call for the Disney Pixar film “Finding Nemo.”
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