

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.”
