We Will Speak

2023 94 min Documentary

The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.

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IMDb 9.7

director Michael McDermit, Schon Duncan

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Keli Gonzales Self
Carolyn Swepston Self
Schon Duncan Self
Marion Scraper Self
Eda Scraper Self
Durbin Feeling Self
Clifton Petit Self
Weynema Smith Self
David Crawler Self
Betty Frogg Self
Clara Proctor Self
Cora Flute Self
Gil Jackson Self
Oleta Pritchett Self
Bo Lossiah Self
Marlene Ballard Self
Ann Arneach Self
Gary Wayne Vann Self
Howard Paden Self
Colby Luper Self
Ernestine Berry Self
Ryan Mackey Self
Krystan Moser Self
Dehaluyi Gonzales Self
Ashlyn Fullerton Self
Agalisiga Mackey Self
Olivia Wildcat Self
TJ Holland Self
JP Johnson Self
Lukas Swepston Self
Dakota Brown Self
Carney Duncan Self
Andrew Swepston Self

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